May Wood Simons
May Wood Simons (born May 10, 1876 in Baraboo , Wisconsin , † December 3, 1948 in New Martinsville , West Virginia ) was an American author, translator, teacher and socialist. She was the wife of Algie Martin Simons .
Your writings are held by the Wisconsin Historical Society .
Wood Simons brought the idea for an International Women's Day to the Second International Socialist Women's Conference on August 27, 1910 in Copenhagen.
Fonts
- Woman and the social problem . Kerr, Chicago (English, c. 1900).
- Everyday problems in economics . American technical society, Chicago 1945 (English).
- Translations
- Wilhelm Liebknecht : Socialism, what it is and what it seeks to accomplish . 1897 (English).
- Karl Kautsky : Frederick Engels . His life, his work and his writings . 1899 (English).
- Karl Kautsky: The social revolution . CH Kerr, Chicago 1916 (English).
Web links
- May Wood Simons - Evanston Women's History Database
- Literature by and about May Wood Simons in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ^ Mari Jo Buhle: Women and American socialism, 1870-1920 . University of Illinois Press, Urbana 1983, ISBN 978-0-252-01045-3 , pp. 166–169 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed April 25, 2013]).
- ↑ Algie M. Simons and May Wood Simons Papers, 1901-1951. In: Archival Resources in Wisconsin: Descriptive Finding Aids. Retrieved March 13, 2017 (English).
- ^ May Wood Simons and International Women's Day. Evanston Women's History Project, March 5, 2011, accessed March 13, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Simons, May Wood |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author, translator, teacher and socialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baraboo , Wisconsin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 1948 |
| Place of death | New Martinsville , West Virginia |