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The arrest and his 30-day jail sentence prompted several mainstream publications, including Harper's Weekly and the New-York Tribune, to publish articles about the birth control controversy. [38] Emma Goldman and Ben Reitman toured the country, speaking in support of the Sangers, and distributing copies of Sanger's pamphlet Family Limitation. [39]
Emma Goldman (June 27, 1869 – May 14, 1940) was a Lithuanian-born anarchist revolutionary, political activist, and writer. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the 20th century.
The May 1914 issue sparked conversation and controversy about the magazine since it was there that Anderson published her essay titled “The Challenge of Emma Goldman” in which she lauds the notable anarchist for her support of the elimination of private property and religion. The publication of this issue caused such a stir that several of ...
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Anarchism and Other Essays (1910) is a collection of essays written by Emma Goldman, first published by Mother Earth Publishing Association.The essays outline Goldman's anarchist views on a number of subjects, most notably the oppression of women and perceived shortcomings of first wave feminism, but also prisons, political violence, sexuality, religion, nationalism and art theory.
Emma Goldman was born in 1869 in Kovno, Lithuania (then Russian Empire).Her parents Abraham and Taube owned a modest inn but were generally impoverished. Throughout her childhood and early adolescence, Goldman traveled between her parents' home in Lithuania and her grandmother's home in Königsberg, Prussia before the family relocated to St. Petersburg.
Emma Goldman: A Documentary History of the American Years is a collection of original documents pertaining to anarchist Emma Goldman's time spent in the United States. . Prepared by Candace Falk, founding director of the Emma Goldman Research Project at the University of California, Berkeley, the documents cover Goldman's career from her 1890 arrival in the United States through her 1919 ...
In one case, supporters of anarchist Emma Goldman refused to stand for the national anthem. [7] The act of protest was very controversial, and many people were highly offended, so that even accidentally remaining seated could result in violence. [8] Protests during the anthem continued after World War I.