Poetic Obituaries: [Cicely] Nichols was involved

in the peace, civil rights and union movements. Active in the anti-Vietnam War movement, she also wrote and edited material for women's support groups, authored histories of Mother Jones and of Sacco and Vanzetti, and wrote poetry and an unpublished novel about a naive young woman who came to New York and transformed herself and her world, her daughter said.

As an editor with Grove Press, she was a leader in organizing a union, efforts that resulted in her being blacklisted in the publishing industry, her daughter said. Later Cicely Nichols co-founded the Editorial Freelancers Association, which still helps freelancers.

from The Villager: Cicely Nichols, writer/editor, activist, dies at 70

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