Louise Bryant

Louise Bryant (1885–1936) was an American journalist and writer whose reporting covered the Russian Revolution. She was married to fellow journalist John Reed.

Six Red Months in Russia: Louise Bryant’s 1918 book of reports from Russia during the Russian Revolution. This collection brought her first-hand accounts of revolutionary Russia to American readers.
John Reed: An American journalist and socialist best known for his eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution, Ten Days That Shook the World. Bryant’s marriage and shared reporting with Reed tied their careers to revolutionary Russia.
War correspondence: Journalism produced by reporters who observe and describe armed conflict. Bryant’s dispatches from revolutionary Russia belong to this tradition of eyewitness reporting.
Women in journalism: The history and practice of women working as reporters, editors, and publishers. Bryant built a career reporting on politics in a profession where women faced barriers.
The Russian Revolution: The political upheaval that ended imperial rule in Russia and brought the Bolsheviks to power in 1917. Bryant reported from Russia during the revolution and its aftermath.
Eugene V. Debs: An American labor leader and Socialist Party politician who ran for president five times. Bryant interviewed Debs and wrote about American labor and socialism.
The Liberator: An American socialist magazine founded by Max Eastman and Crystal Eastman in 1918. Bryant published political writing in this magazine after returning from Russia.
Political journalism: Journalism that reports on political institutions, movements, leaders, and disputes. Bryant’s work joined on-the-ground reporting to explicit political commitments.
Vladimir Lenin: A Russian revolutionary who led the Bolsheviks and became the first head of Soviet Russia. Bryant interviewed Lenin during her reporting in Russia.
Emma Goldman: A Russian-born anarchist and writer who became a prominent activist in the United States. Goldman’s account of Bryant offers a contemporary view of her political and personal life.

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Susan SarandonRelated: Sarandon portrayed Bryant in Reds, one of her early major dramatic roles.