Once known as the "first lady of American socialism," Kate Richards O'Hare embodies the rise and fall of socialist publishing and organizing in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. She was a powerful orator, a prolific writer, and on the editorial staff of two of the largest leftist publications in American history. Her position as one of the few leading women--and one of the only farm women--in the Socialist Party of America (SPA) gave her insight into the exploitation of women and small farmers, and she helped build grassroots support for the Socialist Party during its peak years in the first decades of the twentieth century. Like the party she supported and periodicals for which she wrote, O'Hare also became the target of government repression for her radical views. After spending more than a year in prison for her outspoken opposition to World War...