Elizabeth Eloise Kirkpatrick Dilling was an American writer and political activist. In 1934, she published The Red Network—A Who's Who and Handbook of Radicalism for Patriots, which catalogs over 1,300 suspected communists and their sympathizers. Her books and lecture tours established her as the pre-eminent female right-wing activist of the 1930s, and one of the most outspoken critics of the New Deal, which she referred to as the "Jew Deal". In the mid-to-late 1930s, Dilling praised Nazi Germany.
Elizabeth Dilling, American author and activist (died 1966)
Elizabeth Dilling, American author and activist (died 1966)
On April 19, in the year 1894, Elizabeth Dilling, American author and activist (died 1966). This event is recorded as a Notable Births event in the history of April 19, one of 299 recorded events on this date across all of history.
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- This event took place on April 19, 1894 (AD era).
- It is categorised as a Notable Births event in recorded history.
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