Meridel LeSueur was one of the great women literary and communal voices of the twentieth century. Her writings, grounded in the life stories and experiences of working people, the poor, and the disenfranchised, strive to make history a living, moving entity. LeSueur gave voice to people's struggles, particularly the battles of women, and her work serves as a bridge connecting diverse cultures. She believed that words should inspire action and that positive social change always bubbles up from the people themselves.
"The Girl transports us with resonant authenticity into the head of a yong woman struggleing to survive the depression of the 1930s in St. Paul, Minnesota. On a backdrop of state violence and poverty, and in a life shaped by desperation and gender-based violence, The Girl illustrates the ways working-class women keep each other alive and seed transformational change through self-organized systems of mutual aid."--Back cover.