"The Rebel Girl" is a song written or completed by Joe Hill in 1915. The song was published in the ''

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, and as sheet music in 1915. It is said that Hill wrote the song for

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, claimed and proven by Gurley Flynn herself in her memoir. (It has also been claimed that it was inspired Katie Phar and Agnes Fair.) The song was recorded with modernized lyrics by

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on the 1990

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album ''Don't Mourn, Organize! Songs of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill''. Hill sent copies of the sheet music with his own art work to both Flynn and the Scandinavian Propaganda League. The IWW used cover art by Arthur Machia in their printed version of the sheet music.

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''The Rebel Girl'' by Joe Hill

Benjamin Silverman, ''The story of the Rebel Girl''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rebel Girl, The Trade union songs 1911 songs Songs with lyrics by Joe Hill (activist)

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