"Trasciatti has done the reading public a huge favor by writing this book. She has resurrected the life of a woman whose importance to the never-ending work towards a socially just society has never been appropriately acknowledged. Perhaps even more importantly, this text resuscitates and brings to a new audience elements of US history that the powerful are working overtime to erase. Engagingly composed and accessibly written, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn: The Rebel Girl, Democracy, and Revolution is a book well worth one's time."-- "CounterPunch"

"Meticulously researched. . . . One of the great strengths of Trasciatti's book is its excellent, blow-by-blow accounts of the Smith Act trials. . . . [Flynn's] exceptional life is worth celebrating, as Trasciatti's terrific book does."

"A detailed and accessible account of a remarkable woman. . . . At a time when the right to speak freely is again under attack, Flynn's example and Trasciatti's scholarship are worthy of attention."

"It is certainly time, actually past time, for a revival of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn's saga and her reputation. Guided by the continuing thread of Flynn's civil liberties work, Trasciatti's Elizabeth Gurley Flynn will be the book to bring her back."--Paul Buhle "coeditor of Ballad of an American: A Graphic Biography of Paul Robeson"

"Elizabeth Gurley Flynn represents an important addition to the scholarship on the history of the American Left. Trasciatti weaves the personal together very effectively with the political in the presentation of significant new documentation and the breadth of Flynn's activism."--Norman Markowitz "author of The Rise and Fall of the People's Century: Henry A. Wallace and American Liberalism, 1941-"

"Trasciatti makes Flynn fully human. . . . The end result is a richly drawn portrait of a bold, principled, and savvy woman who deserves to be remembered and celebrated."

"Trasciatti is at her strongest in the political realm."

"[Flynn's] story is brilliantly captured by Mary Anne Trasciatti. . . . This well-written biography about the trials and tribulations, successes and stardom, heartbreaks and love affairs of the 'Rebel Girl, ' provides hope during this current moment in history, inspiring us to continue standing up for our beliefs, knowing that those who came before us sacrificed to pave the road on which many of us walk today. . . . [A] must-read."

"This deeply researched work provides a fresh retelling of the evolving tensions between different forms of radicalism and Americanism in the first two-thirds of the 20th century. . . . [Trasciatti's] focus on the struggle over civil liberties and its transformation over time speaks to some of the most pressing questions in contemporary politics. . . . Highly recommended."