Mollie Steimer

Mollie Steimer
Mollie Steimer
מאלי שטיימער
	Steimer in 1919
Born	November 21, 1897; Dunaivtsi, Podilia, Russian Empire
Died	July 23, 1980 (aged 82); Cuernavaca, Mexico
Citizenship	Russian Empire (until 1913); United States (1913–1921); Soviet Russia (1921–1923); Stateless (1923–1948); Mexico (from 1948);
Occupations	Writer; photographer;
Years active	1917–1963
Known for	Opposition to World War I; prisoner support;
Movement	Anarchism
Partner	Senya Fleshin

Mollie Steimer (Ukrainian: Моллі Штаймер; November 21, 1897 – July 23, 1980) was a Ukrainian anarchist activist. After settling in New York City in 1913, she quickly became involved in the local anarchist movement and was caught up in the case of Abrams v. United States. Charged with sedition, she was eventually deported to Soviet Russia, where she met her lifelong partner Senya Fleshin and agitated for the rights of anarchist political prisoners in the country. For her activities, she and Fleshin were again deported to western Europe, where they spent time organising aid for exiles and political prisoners, and took part in the debates of the international anarchist movement. Following the rise of the Nazis in Europe, she and Fleshin fled to Mexico, where they spent the rest of their lives working as photographers.