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"When she was seven and one half years old, Queen Silver stunned laymen and scholars alike by delivering a series of lectures on topics such as Darwinian evolution and Einstein's theory of relativity. At fourteen, she defended her fiery socialist mother, Grace Verne Silver, in criminal court and won! No wonder Cecil B. DeMille used her as a model for his 1929 film The Godless Girl.". "Queen Silver is a biography of one of America's most amazing feminist, socialist, and freethought figures. Silenced by the brutal political repression that led to the McCarthy hearings, Queen's rich legacy has…
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1 edition- Hardcover · English · 1999Prometheus Books · 291 pages · 9781573927550
BiographyRadicalsSocialistsWomen and socialismBiography & AutobiographyWomen's studiesWomenGeneral
