Ammon Hennacy

Ammon Hennacy
Hennacy holding up protest signs.
Hennacy in 1954. Photographer Rik Anderson.
BornJuly 24, 1893
DiedJanuary 14, 1970(1970-01-14) (aged 76)
Resting placeWaldheim Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, US
Alma materRand School of Social Science
Ohio State University
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Hiram College
Spouses
  • Selma Melms
    (m. 1919; div. 1964)
  • Joan Thomas
    (m. 1965)

Ammon Ashford Hennacy (July 24, 1893 – January 14, 1970) was an American Christian pacifist, anarchist, Wobbly, social activist, and member of the Catholic Worker Movement. He established the Joe Hill House of Hospitality in Salt Lake City, Utah, and practiced tax resistance.[1]

  1. ^ Day, Dorothy (February 1970). "Ammon Hennacy: 'Non-Church' Christian". The Catholic Worker. Archived from the original on 2013-04-06.