Witness to Revolution: The Story of Anna Louise Strong

Witness to Revolution: The Story of Anna Louise Strong

28 mins | Documentary, History | Nov. 1, 1984

The daughter of a Nebraska minister, Anna Louise Strong earned a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Chicago. But it was in the Pacific Northwest, where she witnessed the 1916 Everett massacre and chronicled the 1919 Seattle General Strike, that her political vision took shape. In Moscow she helped found the first English language newspaper, in Spain her many visits resulted in her book, Spain in Arms; and in China she interviewed Mao in a Yan'an cave in 1946. She is buried in Beijing in a special cemetery for martyrs of the revolution.

Witness to Revolution: The Story of Anna Louise Strong

28 mins | Documentary, History | Nov. 1, 1984

Witness to Revolution: The Story of Anna Louise Strong
The daughter of a Nebraska minister, Anna Louise Strong earned a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Chicago. But it was in the Pacific Northwest, where she witnessed the 1916 Everett massacre and chronicled the 1919 Seattle General Strike, that her political vision took shape. In Moscow she helped found the first English language newspaper, in Spain her many visits resulted in her book, Spain in Arms; and in China she interviewed Mao in a Yan'an cave in 1946. She is buried in Beijing in a special cemetery for martyrs of the revolution.
Producers Stourwater Pictures
Original title Witness to Revolution: The Story of Anna Louise Strong
Directors Lucy Ostrander
Writers Maria Gargiulo

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