Richard Lenzi is an independent scholar. He is the author of Facing toward the Dawn: The Italian Anarchists of New London, also by SUNY Press.

• Acknowledgments Preface 1. "An Impulsive & Strongly Self Willed Girl" 2. Vassar 3. Emily's Army 4. "A Rather Crowded Life" 57 Gallery of photographs follows page 765. Red Decade6. The Cold War Comes to Cromwell 7. World Revolution Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

"Connecticut and the Communist Party make for a fascinating microhistory. Emily Pierson is an ideal figure through whom to understand that history. I have read plenty of FBI files in my time, but Emily's file is absolutely wild. The great strength of Yankee Radical lies in Lenzi's nuanced local analysis of suffrage, communism, and labor organizing in Connecticut." — Denise Lynn, author of Women March for Peace: Black Radical Women’s Anti-Korean War Activism"An outstanding work. Yankee Radical contributes greatly to the developing scholarship on the radical left. Lenzi's discussion of Pierson's activities, from the early suffrage movement up until her death, covers most of the twentieth century in a way that no other book does." — Norman Markowitz, Rutgers University

Richard Lenzi is an independent scholar. He is the author of Facing toward the Dawn: The Italian Anarchists of New London, also by SUNY Press.

• Acknowledgments Preface 1. "An Impulsive & Strongly Self Willed Girl" 2. Vassar 3. Emily's Army 4. "A Rather Crowded Life" 57 Gallery of photographs follows page 765. Red Decade6. The Cold War Comes to Cromwell 7. World Revolution Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

"Connecticut and the Communist Party make for a fascinating microhistory. Emily Pierson is an ideal figure through whom to understand that history. I have read plenty of FBI files in my time, but Emily's file is absolutely wild. The great strength of Yankee Radical lies in Lenzi's nuanced local analysis of suffrage, communism, and labor organizing in Connecticut." — Denise Lynn, author of Women March for Peace: Black Radical Women’s Anti-Korean War Activism"An outstanding work. Yankee Radical contributes greatly to the developing scholarship on the radical left. Lenzi's discussion of Pierson's activities, from the early suffrage movement up until her death, covers most of the twentieth century in a way that no other book does." — Norman Markowitz, Rutgers University

Richard Lenzi is an independent scholar. He is the author of Facing toward the Dawn: The Italian Anarchists of New London, also by SUNY Press.

• Acknowledgments Preface 1. "An Impulsive & Strongly Self Willed Girl" 2. Vassar 3. Emily's Army 4. "A Rather Crowded Life" 57 Gallery of photographs follows page 765. Red Decade6. The Cold War Comes to Cromwell 7. World Revolution Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

"Connecticut and the Communist Party make for a fascinating microhistory. Emily Pierson is an ideal figure through whom to understand that history. I have read plenty of FBI files in my time, but Emily's file is absolutely wild. The great strength of Yankee Radical lies in Lenzi's nuanced local analysis of suffrage, communism, and labor organizing in Connecticut." — Denise Lynn, author of Women March for Peace: Black Radical Women’s Anti-Korean War Activism"An outstanding work. Yankee Radical contributes greatly to the developing scholarship on the radical left. Lenzi's discussion of Pierson's activities, from the early suffrage movement up until her death, covers most of the twentieth century in a way that no other book does." — Norman Markowitz, Rutgers University