Arturo Giovannitti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arturo Giovannitti

American labor leader and political activist

Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1884

Place of Birth: Ripabottoni, Molise, Italy

Date of Death: 31-Dec-1959

Profession: poet, trade unionist

Nationality: United States, Italy

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Arturo M.
Giovannitti (1884, in Ripabottoni – 1959, in New York City) was an Italian-American union leader, socialist political activist, and poet.
He is best remembered as one of the principal organizers of the 1912 Lawrence textile strike and as a defendant in a celebrated trial caused by that event.