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This 5 page paper looks at the McCarthy era with a focus on the testimony of Lillian Hellman. Two of her works are explored and examined in light of her politics. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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the time to get caught up in the hysteria was the author Lillian Hellman. Lillian Hellman was a well known American dramatist who was born in 1905 in New
Orleans ("Hellman," 1999). She eventually made her way to New York and got married, but she would be best known for her association with novelist Dashiell Hammett, who was also
her lover. The liaison was scandalous at the time, but that was not the only thing that would make headlines. In fact, Hellman did divorce and she and Hammett were
quite a romantic item, but it was a relationship that endured. She and Hammett--in addition to sharing romantic love-- shared the love of radical politics (Winfrey, 1999). During the early
1950s, they both got into trouble as Hellman was called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) (1999). The final result was that Hammett would serve six months
in prison for contempt of court (1999). HUAC tried to get Hellman to reveal whether or not she had ever been a communist and they wanted her to name names
(1999). Her attorney Joseph Rauh gave her sound advice during the trial (1999). It paid off. Hellman was able to escape a prison sentence. Hellman and Hammett stood by
one another through these infamous Communist witch-hunts ("Dashiell," 1996) . Still, Hammett had actually been a Communist Party member and so he had to serve time (1996). He was actually
imprisoned because he would not give a federal judge the names of certain contributors to a particular fund the government believed was linked to the Communist Party (Winfrey, 1999). Hellman
did also support leftist causes but she never officially enlisted ("Dashiell," 1996). She escaped jail time. While Hellman was lucky in that she did not have to go to
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