J. Stitt Wilson

Jackson Stitt Wilson (1868-1942) was one of America's most prominent socialist politicians. Barton's biography brings his extraordinary career vividly to life and illuminates the vitality and creativity of the socialist movement, from the Gilded Age to the New Deal. Ordained as a Methodist minister in Chicago during the great depression of 1893-1897, Wilson resigned to help start a Christian socialist movement which would be joined by hundreds of American ministers. He was a noted public speaker