Louise
Bryant, the daughter of the journalist, Hugh
Moran, was born in Reno, San Francisco in 1885. Later,
after the death of her father, she adopted the name of her stepfather,
Sheridan Bryant.
Bryant attended the University of Oregon where she became active
in the struggle for women's suffrage. After graduation she briefly
worked as a schoolteacher before establishing herself as a journalist
in Portland.
In 1909 she married Paul
Trullinger,
a wealthy dentist. She continued to write and in 1912 began writing
for the radical journal, The
Masses and Blast,
a San Francisco anarchist weekly edited by Alexander
Berkman.
Bryant moved to New York where she joined a group of radicals associated
with the journal, The
Masses. This included
Max Eastman, John
Reed, Sherwood Anderson, Eugene
O'Neill, and Boardman
Robinson.
Louise
Bryant
1.
Was highly critical of Nicholas
II
and the autocracy.
2.
Wanted Russia to have universal suffrage.
3. Wanted the
Russian government to allow freedom of expression and an end to
political censorship of newspapers and books.
4.
Believed that democracy could only be achieved in Russia by the
violent overthrow of Nicholas
II
and the autocracy.
5.
Was strongly opposed to Russia going to war with Austria-Hungary
and Germany.
6. Believed
that if Russia did go to war with
