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Agnes Smedley

Born

in Osgood, Missouri , The United States

February 23, 1892

Died

May 06, 1950

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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Agnes Smedley (February 23, 1892 – May 6, 1950) was an American journalist and writer. Well known for her semi-autobiographical novel Daughter of Earth, she also known for her sympathetic chronicling of the Communist forces in the Chinese Civil War. During World War I, she worked in the United States for the independence of India from the United Kingdom, receiving financial support from the government of Germany, and for many years worked for or with the Comintern, frequently in an espionage capacity. As the lover of Soviet super spy Richard Sorge in Shanghai in the early 1930s, she helped get him established for his final and greatest work as spymaster in Tokyo. She also worked on behalf of various causes including women's rights, birth co ...more

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	Daughter of Earth by Agnes Smedley, Alice Walker (Forword), Nancy Hoffman (Afterword) 4.11 avg rating — 516 ratings — published 1929 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh 4.48 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1956 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Portraits of Chinese Women in Revolution by Agnes Smedley, Florence Howe (Afterword), Jan MacKinnon (Editor) 4.03 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battle Hymn Of China 4.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1944 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	China Fights Back - An American Women With The Eighth Route Army 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1977 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chinese Destinies it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1933 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daughter Of Earth Foreword by Alice Walker. Afterword by Nancy Hoffman it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Great Road (Modern Reader) by Agnes Smedley (1956-01-01) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	FAR COUNTRY TRAVELS IN E liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1990 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	China's Red Army Marches 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1934 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Light on China (36 books)
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“I am become a hard, thankless, graceless girl, and it was the only way I could do it.”
― Agnes Smedley, Daughter of Earth

tags: bad-girls, follow-your-heart, follow-your-own-path, girl, girls, good-girls, graceless, my-way, thankless, your-way

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“I have no country...my countrymen are the men and women who work against oppression- it does not matter where they are. With them I feel at home- we understand each other. Others are foreign to me." -Agnes Smedley in Daughter of Earth”
― Agnes Smedley

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“...we live this one brief and precious hour called Life; ...it is not in keeping with the nobility of existence to keep other human being in subjection..."
-Agnes Smedley in Daughter of Earth”
― Agnes Smedley

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