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Anna Strunsky was one of the Socialist Party candidates for San Francisco School Board in 1896. There were four Socialist women running for seats that year, but none won their races. She was one of the first Jewish women to run for elected office.
Strunsky was born in Russia in 1877 and immigrated to the U.S. with her family when she was nine years old. She attended Stanford University, where she met Jack London and later wrote a novel about their friendship. With her sister Rose, Anna was part of the radical, literary and socialist circles in San Francisco. Strunsky was a novelist, and also wrote on social and labor issues. With the advent of World War I she joined the anti-war Woman's Peace Party, and remained involved with peace organizations, such as the War Resisters League and the American League for Peace and Democracy.
Strunsky was born in Russia in 1877 and immigrated to the U.S. with her family when she was nine years old. She attended Stanford University, where she met Jack London and later wrote a novel about their friendship. With her sister Rose, Anna was part of the radical, literary and socialist circles in San Francisco. Strunsky was a novelist, and also wrote on social and labor issues. With the advent of World War I she joined the anti-war Woman's Peace Party, and remained involved with peace organizations, such as the War Resisters League and the American League for Peace and Democracy.
