Ethel Evelyn Duffy Turner (1885
San Pablo – 1969
Cuernavaca) was an American journalist and writer. She was a witness to the events of the
Mexican Revolution.[1] She is known for her book Ricardo Flores Magón and the Mexican Liberal Party.[2]
Career
In 1909, she wrote for The Border, in
Tucson, financed by
Elizabeth Trowbridge. Under the guise of a magazine dedicated to the border culture of Arizona, it also campaigned in defense of the
Mexican Liberal Party (PLM) members imprisoned in the United States.[1] It also campaigned against the social situation in Mexico during the regime. by
Porfirio Díaz.
Duffy Turner was an anarchist.[3][4][5] She helped organize the
Magonista party in
Los Angeles. She knew
Antonio Villa-Real,
Librado Rivera. Magonist meetings were held at the Turners' own Los Angeles apartment. She edited the Regeneration English pages.[2]
She married
John Kenneth Turner in 1905 in Fresno, CA. They met at the University of California, where Ethel was a 3rd year student, and John was a "special student". They had a daughter in 1909 named Juanita. Ethel and John divorced in 1917, and Ethel never remarried.