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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anna_Strunsky > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anna_Strunsky.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Strunsky > Source revision: 1308925988 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American author and socialist (1877-1964)}} {{Infobox person | image = Anna Strunsky Walling, portrait photograph LCCN2018707705.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date|1877|03|02}} | birth_place = Liona Raion, Russia, now [Belarus](/source/Belarus). | death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|02|25|1877|03|02}} | resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|39.8195472|-86.1730912|type:Landmark|display=inline}} | burial_place = [Crown Hill Cemetery](/source/Crown_Hill_Cemetery) and Arboretum, Section 1, Niche Lot 72, September 3, 1965 | education = Stanford University, 1896-1898 | occupation = Writer and Jewish Socialist | spouse = William English Walling | children = 4, 3 girls and 1 boy. }} '''Anna Strunsky Walling''' ([née](/source/n%C3%A9e) '''Strunsky'''; March 21, 1877 – February 25, 1964), usually known as '''Anna Strunsky''', was an American author and advocate of [socialism](/source/socialism), known for her novels and writings on social issues and the labor movement. Born in the [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire), she emigrated to the United States as a child, later becoming active in socialist movements in [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco) and [New York City](/source/New_York_City). While studying at [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University), she became friends with writer [Jack London](/source/Jack_London), with whom she co-authored the 1903 [epistolary novel](/source/epistolary_novel) ''[The Kempton-Wace Letters](/source/The_Kempton-Wace_Letters)''. In 1906, she married American socialist [William English Walling](/source/William_English_Walling), and they remained active in socialist and progressive causes. Strunsky opposed war and advocated for the abolition of [capital punishment](/source/capital_punishment). ==Early life and education== Strunsky was born on March 21, 1877, into a Jewish family in Babinots (now Babinovitch), in the [Liozna Raion](/source/Liozna_Raion), [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire) (now [Belarus](/source/Belarus)). In 1886, she emigrated to [New York City](/source/New_York_City) with her parents, Elias Strunsky and Anna Horowitz, at the age of nine. Her siblings included an older brother, Max, and a younger sister, Rose, to whom she was particularly close. In 1893, the family relocated to [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco), where they lived with her brother Max, who had established himself as a doctor in the city. As a teenager, Strunsky joined the [Socialist Labor Party](/source/Socialist_Labor_Party) and remained committed to socialism throughout her life. She attended [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University) from 1896 to 1898, where she formed a close friendship with writer [Jack London](/source/Jack_London), with whom she frequently discussed social and political issues. right|thumb|Anna Strunsky (left) and her sister Rose during the time Rose attended Stanford University. ==Socialist and writer== Strunsky and her sister [Rose](/source/Rose_Strunsky_Lorwin), who also attended Stanford, became leading members of the turn-of-the-20th-century San Francisco intellectual scene, part of a radical group of young Californian writers and artists known as ''[The Crowd](/source/The_Crowd_(literary_group))''. It included [George Sterling](/source/George_Sterling), [Herman Whitaker](/source/Herman_Whitaker), [Ambrose Bierce](/source/Ambrose_Bierce), and others.Pratt, Norma Fain [http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/walling-anna-strunsky "Anna Strunsky Walling, 1879–1964."], in ''Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia.'' 1 March 2009. Jewish Women's Archive. July 4, 2010. With Jack London, Strunsky co-authored the epistolary novel ''[The Kempton-Wace Letters](/source/The_Kempton-Wace_Letters)'' in 1903.London, Jack and Strunsky, Anna. [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31422 ''The Kempton-Wace Letters''], Mills & Boon, London, 1903. After London's death in 1916, Strunsky published a memoir of their relationship.Walling, Anna Strunsky {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100704172419/http://www.jacklondons.net/annastrunskymemoirs.html ''Memoirs of Jack London.'']}}, ''[The Masses](/source/The_Masses),'' July 1917. In 1906, Strunsky and her sister traveled to Russia as correspondents for [William English Walling](/source/William_English_Walling), whom she later married. After returning to the United States, they reported on issues like the [Springfield race riot of 1908](/source/Springfield_race_riot_of_1908), and Walling co-founded the [NAACP](/source/NAACP). They had four children before separating. Strunsky remained active in socialist causes throughout her life, including joining the [War Resisters League](/source/War_Resisters_League) and the American League to Abolish Capital Punishment. ==Death and legacy== Strunsky died on February 25, 1964, in New York. She was survived by her four children: Rosamond, Anna, Georgia, and Hayden Walling. Hayden, an architect known for his work on Cape Cod, died in 1981.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/05/obituaries/hayden-walling.html|title=HAYDEN WALLING|work=The New York Times|date=June 5, 1981|via=NYTimes.com}} Rosamond (1910–1999) became a painter and was married to [Edward Corbett](/source/Edward_Corbett_(artist)).{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/edward-and-rosamond-walling-tirana-corbett-papers-7520|title=Edward and Rosamond Walling Tirana Corbett papers, 1932-1978|website=www.aaa.si.edu}} Her papers are held by the [Bancroft Library](/source/Bancroft_Library) at [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley),Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley [http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf567nb104/ ''Guide to the Anna Strunsky Walling Papers''], 1900-1963. the [Yale University Library](/source/Yale_University_Library),{{Cite web |title=Collection: Anna Strunsky Walling papers {{!}} Archives at Yale |url=https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4483 |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=archives.yale.edu}} and the [Huntington Library](/source/Huntington_Library).Guide to literary manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, Calif.: H. E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1979) ''Papers of Anna Strunsky Walling, 1877-1958''. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} {{Wikiquote}} * {{Gutenberg author | id=35217}} * {{Internet Archive author |sname=Anna Strunsky Walling}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Strunsky, Anna}} Category:20th-century American novelists Category:20th-century American women novelists Category:American socialists Category:Jewish socialists Category:War Resisters League activists Category:20th-century Belarusian women writers Category:1877 births Category:1964 deaths --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Anna Strunsky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Strunsky) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Strunsky?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.