Rose Harriet Pastor Stokes (née Wieslander; 1879 – 1933). American
socialist activist, writer, birth control advocate, and feminist. She
was a figure of some public notoriety after her 1905 marriage to
Episcopal millionaire J. G. Phelps Stokes, a member of elite New York
society, who supported the settlements in New York. Together they joined
the Socialist Party. Pastor Stokes continued to be active in labor
politics and women's issues, including promoting access to bir
th control, which was highly controversial at the time.
In 1919, Pastor Stokes was a founding member of the Communist Party of
America and helped develop it into the 1930s. In addition to her writing
on politics, she wrote poetry and plays; one was produced in 1916 by
the Washington Square Players.
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Rose Pastor Stokes was there in her blazing coif of red hair, shouting, "Arise! Unite! Down with the bosses!"
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