Esther Yarnell(1885-1925)
- Actress
Esther Lea Yarnell was a socialist, teacher and poet who was politically active in the labor movement in Los Angeles during the first two decades of the 20th century.
Yarnell was born in Los Angeles on June 10, 1885, although various sources list her birth year as 1880. She was the daughter of Jesse Yarnell and Susan Caystile.
She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1903 and worked as a teacher in the Los Angeles School District.
Closely associated with socialist and author Upton Sinclair and his wife, Mary Craig Sinclair, Yarnell often spoke at socialist meetings and conventions. She wrote for several leftist publications, most notably the Los Angeles-based The Western Comrade, The New Justice and The Los Angeles Citizen. She also had her poems published in The New Justice.
She appeared in one film, the pro-labor, socialist-themed "From Dawn to Dusk" (1913).
Darnell died on May 30, 1925, in Los Angeles.
Yarnell was born in Los Angeles on June 10, 1885, although various sources list her birth year as 1880. She was the daughter of Jesse Yarnell and Susan Caystile.
She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1903 and worked as a teacher in the Los Angeles School District.
Closely associated with socialist and author Upton Sinclair and his wife, Mary Craig Sinclair, Yarnell often spoke at socialist meetings and conventions. She wrote for several leftist publications, most notably the Los Angeles-based The Western Comrade, The New Justice and The Los Angeles Citizen. She also had her poems published in The New Justice.
She appeared in one film, the pro-labor, socialist-themed "From Dawn to Dusk" (1913).
Darnell died on May 30, 1925, in Los Angeles.