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Rose Pastor Stokes Was More Than a Celebrity — She Was a Working-Class Hero


Louis Proyect
 

Early-twentieth-century American socialist Rose Pastor Stokes became a media celebrity after she married a wealthy heir. But her political life was much more interesting: she was one of the Socialist Party’s most effective speakers, inspiring the era’s striking workers with rousing orations.

https://jacobinmag.com/2020/10/rose-pastor-stokes-rebel-cinderella-review


Andrew Pollack
 

see mentions of Stokes in Palmer's bio of Cannon, specifically her role in debates over women's organizing and at the Comintern.
I think Draper mentions her but can't find my copy.