Lucy Parsons is undoubtedly one of the most controversial people buried in Forest Park. While some might only know her as one of the Haymarket Martyrs’ widows, Parsons was a powerful and influential figure in her own right. The Chicago Police Department once proclaimed she was “more dangerous than a thousand rioters.” It is nearly impossible to craft a tidy, one-sentence description of Lucy Parsons. Over the course of her life she was an […]
