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In the years 1991 to 2002, when I was editor of People’s Weekly World, I often consulted with Mary Licht, historian of the Communist Party USA, on questions of fact in the CPUSA’s long, eventful history. Mary herself was a quiet, modest, slender woman never inclined to promote herself.
For Women’s History Month, People’s World presents this article from the Political Affairs archives. It was first published in April 2010. From its very outset, the struggle for women’s liberation has had deep connections to the development of the socialist movement.