THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Clara Fraser
March 12, 1923 – February 24, 1998
“I believe as you age, if you are a political person, or a person who is concerned about the affairs of the earth and about the general welfare and the common good, you tend to see things in broader scope and you tend to be much more global in your views and in your grasp of the significance of all subjects.”
Political organizer, author and activist. Co-founded and led the Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women.
More About Clara:
- Obituary, The Seattle Times
- “Clara Fraser – Revolution, She Taught,” by Chris Smith, April 2023
- “Clara Fraser,” by Adrienne Weller, March 2017
- Clara Fraser: Revolutionary Impatience, in her own words, Radical Women
- Archives
- Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections
- Clara Fraser Archive, Marxists Internet Archive
- Freedom Socialist Party website
- Radical Women website
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, page 158