Born in Laconia and raised in Concord, Connie Converse’s work didn’t get much mainstream attention during her lifetime. In 1974, she chose to drive away and disappear.
Born in Concord in 1890, Flynn was a crusader for women’s and worker’s rights, a founding member of the ACLU and, later, a leader of the Communist Party.
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