Walden, May, 1865-1960
Variant namesChicago and Florida Socialist Party activist writer and speaker.
Born Lilly May Walden and raised in North Carolina and Metamora, Illinois, Walden moved to Chicago in 1891 where she married Socialist publisher Charles H. Kerr. Acquainted with leftists including Clarence Darrow and Eugene Debs, Walden after her 1904 divorce from Kerr continued to write and publish on such topics as women's rights, social injustices, and political issues, and traveled as a stump speaker for the Socialist Party. After 1913, Walden resided in Florida, where she died in 1960.
From the description of May Walden papers, 1870-1972 (bulk 1892-1959). (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 46403068
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Walden, May, 1865-1960. May Walden papers, 1870-1972 (bulk 1892-1959). | Newberry Library | |
| creatorOf | Walden, May. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1941. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
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| associatedWith | Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925. | person |
| associatedWith | Charles H. Kerr Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938. | person |
| associatedWith | Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 | person |
| associatedWith | Hayes, Max S., 1866-1945 | person |
| associatedWith | Howe, Robert Harrison | person |
| associatedWith | Keller, Helen, 1880-1968. | person |
| associatedWith | Kerr, Charles H., b. 1860. | person |
| associatedWith | London, Jack, 1876-1916 | person |
| associatedWith | Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891. | person |
| associatedWith | Midwest Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Moore, Katharine Kerr. | person |
| associatedWith | Newberry Library. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966. | person |
| associatedWith | Socialist Party (U.S.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Stedman, Seymour, 1871-1948 | person |
| associatedWith | Taussig, F. W. (Frank William), 1859-1940. | person |
| associatedWith | Untermann, Ernest | person |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| Illinois--Chicago | |||
| Chicago (Ill.) | |||
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| Publishers and publishing |
| Depressions |
| Family life |
| Manuscripts, American |
| Mothers and daughters |
| Social action |
| Women social reformers |
| Women's rights |
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Birth 1865
Death 1960
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