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Agnes Smedley

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American journalist, writer, Comintern spy (1892-1950)

United StatesJournalistsLived 1892 to 1950 · aged 58
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Agnes Smedley was an American journalist, writer and activist who supported the Indian Independence Movement and the Chinese Communist Revolution.

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The Smedley family, 1899The Smedley family, 1899Smedley in a sari, 1928Smedley in a sari, 1928With friends and literary colleagues in Shanghai. From left to right: Lin Yutang, Lu Xun, Soong Ching-ling, Smedley, Li PeihuaWith friends and literary colleagues in Shanghai. From left to right: Lin Yutang, Lu Xun, Soong Ching-ling, Smedley, Li PeihuaHeadstone for Agnes Smedley at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in BeijingHeadstone for Agnes Smedley at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in BeijingCover of 1987 edition by the Feminist Press of Smedley's Daughter of EarthCover of 1987 edition by the Feminist Press of Smedley's Daughter of Earth

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Agnes Smedley was an American journalist, writer and activist who supported the Indian Independence Movement and the Chinese Communist Revolution. Raised in a poverty-stricken miner's family in Missouri and Colorado, she dramatized the formation of her feminist and socialist consciousness in the autobiographical novel Daughter of Earth (1929).

Country
United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1950 · aged 58
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23 languages

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