"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
