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Agnes Smedley (chinesisch 艾格尼丝·史沫特莱, Pinyin Àigénísī Shǐmòtèlái; * 23. Februar 1892 in Osgood , Missouri ; † 6. Mai 1950 in Oxford ) war eine US-amerikanische Journalistin und Autorin , die mit ihren Artikeln und Büchern über die chinesische Revolution bekannt wurde.
Agnes Smedley (February 23, 1892 – May 6, 1950) was an American journalist, writer, and activist who supported the Indian Independence Movement and the Chinese Communist Revolution. Raised in a poverty-stricken miner's family in Missouri and Colorado, she dramatized the formation of her feminist and socialist consciousness in the ...
2. Mai 2024 · Agnes Smedley (born Feb. 23, 1892, Campground, Mo., U.S.—died May 6, 1950, Oxford, Eng.) was a journalist and writer best known for a series of articles and books centred on her experiences in China during the growth of Chinese communism.
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9. Juni 2022 · David Mayers. Agnes Smedley is one of the more fascinating figures in the history of Sino-American relations. Albeit once the subject of two excellent biographies, and alternately celebrated and reviled in the United States, she nevertheless remains a relatively obscure figure.
1. See Orville Schell, “Agnes Smedley: The Life and Times of an American Radical,” The Nation, 19 December 1987, p. 762. In the 1980s even as thoughtful a historian as William L. O’Neill produced a sympathetic depiction of Smedley and characterized her as at most “a fellow traveler” with the Chinese Communists (and not with the USSR).
Freelance Revolutionist: Agnes Smedley in Wartime China, 1937–1941 David Mayers Departments of History and Political Science, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA ABSTRACT Agnes Smedley is one of the more fascinating figures in the history of Sino-American relations. Albeit once the subject of
Learn about the life and spying career of Agnes Smedley, a prolific female spy who worked for the Soviets, the Chinese Communists, and the Indian nationalists in the 20th century. Explore how she used her connections, aliases, and influence to gather and pass information during World War II and the Cold War.
