American labor reformer and researcher (died 1969)

Grace Hutchins

Grace Hutchins was an American labor reformer and researcher, journalist, political activist and communist. She spent many years of her life writing about labor and economics, in addition to being a lifelong dedicated member of the Communist Party, along with Anna Rochester, a Marxist economist and historian and her companion of 45 years. Together they were known for promoting radical Christian pacifism in the United States, although Hutchins was also regularly involved in strikes, demonstrations and labor disputes.

Born

1885

August 19

Died

1969

Era

1880s

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Grace, in brief

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1885 Born
1969 Died

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947 Abu Yazid, a Kharijite rebel leader, is defeated and killed in the Hodna Mountains in modern-day Algeria by Fatimid forces.
1153 After a six month siege, Baldwin III of Jerusalem captures Ascalon, obtaining a vast amount of plunder and securing the southern border of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

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The world in 1969

When Grace departed

april 1 The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force.
april 15 The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
april 17 Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
april 17 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1885

Alice Paul 1885–1977 American activist and suffragist (died 1977) Clare Sheridan 1885–1970 English sculptor and author (born 1885) D. H. Lawrence 1885–1930 English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (born 1885) Erich von Stroheim 1885–1957 Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (born 1885) Frank Patrick 1885–1960 Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1960) Giacomo Matteotti 1885–1924 Italian lawyer and politician (born 1885) Gunnar Asplund 1885–1940 Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (born 1885) John Curtin 1885–1945 Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1945) John Tovey 1885–1971 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (born 1885)

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