Elizabeth Dilling
American writer and political activist (1894–1966) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elizabeth Eloise Kirkpatrick Dilling (April 19, 1894 – April 30, 1966) was an American writer and political activist.[2] In 1934, she published The Red Network—A Who's Who and Handbook of Radicalism for Patriots, which catalogs over 1,300 suspected communists and their sympathizers. Her books and lecture tours established her as the pre-eminent female right-wing activist of the 1930s, and one of the most outspoken critics of the New Deal, which she referred to as the "Jew Deal". In the mid-to-late 1930s, Dilling expressed sympathy for Nazi Germany.[3][4]
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Born | Elizabeth Eloise Kirkpatrick (1894-04-19)April 19, 1894 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | April 30, 1966(1966-04-30) (aged 72) Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. |
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Dilling was the best-known leader of the World War II women's isolationist movement, a grass-roots campaign that pressured Congress to refrain from helping the Allies.[5][6] She was among 28 anti-war campaigners charged with sedition in 1942; the charges were dropped in 1946. While academic studies have predominantly ignored both the anti-war "Mothers' movement" and right-wing activist women in general, Dilling's writings secured her a lasting influence among right-wing groups.[7][8][9] She organized the Paul Reveres, an anti-communist organization, and was a member of the America First Committee.