![]() The archive is currently still running thanks to charitable donations, ( source) but I still wanted to invest some time in learning more about this important female historical figure, and what better way than by reading her own papers. It then languished on my TBR pile for years until I heard about how the Emma Goldman Archive at UC Berkeley was going to lose its funding ( source). I picked up this essay collection due to my interest in both US and women’s history. You may read more about Emma Goldman and her life here. This book is a collection of a variety of her essays and includes a contemporaneous biographical sketch and preface. ![]() She was deported in 1919 for her antiwar activities and spent the remainder of her life moving among multiple countries. ![]() Emma Goldman was a Russian immigrant to the United States who embraced Anarchism and became an impassioned orator and pioneer in the movement for birth control. ![]()
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