Grace Lee Boggs

Grace Lee Boggs was an American writer, civil rights advocate, politician and activist (1915–2015). She was born at Providence and died at Detroit.

Also recorded as Ria Stone.

Grace Lee Boggs in brief

Born
1915
Died
2015
Known for
writer, civil rights advocate, politician, activist, editor and philosopher
Place of birth
Providence
Contents

Identity and origins

She also worked under the name Ria Stone. The authorities additionally record the heading Ria Stone. Her recorded language was English.

She married James Boggs.

Career and activity

Grace Lee Boggs worked in civic engagement and human rights. Her work is associated with labor movement.

She was employed by University of Chicago. She worked at Detroit.

Catalogued works

9 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library.

America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-Blind Politics. Conditions of Peace: An Inquiry. State capitalism and world revolution. Revolution and Evolution. Women and the movement to build a new America. Conversations in Maine. Conditions of peace. The Next American Revolution. Living for change, dated 1998.

Literature

7 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

The James and Grace Lee Boggs School, Why Detroit Matters, 2017. PODCAST: Grace Lee Boggs: A Model for Intersectionality?, 2024. Grace Lee Boggs, Bill Moyers Journal, 2011. American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs by Grace Lee (review), Feminist Formations, 2015. A Conversation with Grace Lee Boggs at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Handbook of Public Pedagogy. Creating the new journalism classroom for a future in the balance: A not so modest proposal for a pedagogy of care, dialogue and critique, Facts & Frictions, 2023. (R)evolutionary powers for regenerative economies: Learning from natural law and leaders in Jackson, Mississippi, Urban Transcripts, 2021.

Digitised editions and texts

1 digitised item associated with this heading is catalogued by Internet Archive.

State Capitalism and World Revolution (2013) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 17 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Grace Lee Boggs studied at Barnard College, Bryn Mawr College and Newtown High School. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is civic engagement and human rights. The authority associates the name with labor movement.

Residence is recorded at Detroit. Employment is recorded with University of Chicago.

Distinctions recorded are Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.

Chronology

  1. 1915Grace Lee Boggs born at Providence.
  2. 2013State Capitalism and World Revolution digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 2015Grace Lee Boggs died at Detroit.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    A Conversation with Grace Lee Boggs at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Handbook of Public Pedagogy

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  2. 2.

    American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs by Grace Lee (review), Feminist Formations, 2015

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  3. 3.

    Grace Lee Boggs, Bill Moyers Journal, 2011

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  4. 4.

    Open Library author record for Grace Lee Boggs (Internet Archive), 9 catalogued works.

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  5. 5.

    PODCAST: Grace Lee Boggs: A Model for Intersectionality?, 2024

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    The James and Grace Lee Boggs School, Why Detroit Matters, 2017

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming Grace Lee Boggs.

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  8. 8.

    Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Grace Lee Boggs as creator.

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1541053: Grace Lee Boggs

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  10. 10.

    “Grace Lee Boggs”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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