Quote of the day
One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge.
Flora Tristan
Born: April 7, 1803
Died: November 14, 1844 (aged 41)
Bio: Flora Tristan was a socialist writer and activist. She made important contributions to early feminist theory, and argued that the progress of women's rights was directly related with the progress of the working class.
Known for:
- The worker's union
- Pereginaciones de Una Paria
- Peregrinations of a pariah
- Promenades dans Londres (1840)