{"product_id":"yankee-radical-richard-lenzi-9798855806687","title":"Yankee Radical: Emily Pierson, Suffrage, and Socialism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrings Connecticut suffragist and socialist Emily Pierson out of the shadows, exploring her role in the social and political movements that shook America from the 1910s to the Cold War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once the story of a largely forgotten local firebrand of left politics in Connecticut, \u003ci\u003eYankee Radical\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the life and activism of Emily Miller Pierson. Born in Cromwell, Connecticut, Pierson was the scion of a wealthy family that owned an industrial-scale horticultural firm. After graduating from Vassar College in 1907, she immersed herself in the suffrage movement, becoming the primary ground-level organizer and strategist in her state. During the 1930s, she raised her political involvement to a new level, as Connecticut's most prominent supporter of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union, and later China. Her activities as a spokesperson, leader, and \"financial angel\" of the left over three decades earned her FBI surveillance and a spot on the US government's Security Index for possible detention. Still, she clung fiercely to her radical beliefs up until her death at the age of eighty-nine. Drawing on Pierson's papers and FBI file, Richard Lenzi offers an in-depth look at the political and social setting in which Pierson operated, from the development of industrial unionism in the state to McCarthyism and the Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Lenzi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798855806687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Richard Lenzi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48460270960895,"sku":"9798855806687","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_451d42fe-27fb-44d6-ab19-5f7a987e97e3.jpg?v=1777413663","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/yankee-radical-richard-lenzi-9798855806687","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}