Emma Goldman

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Emma Goldman, 옘마 골드만, এমা গোল্ডম্যান, and 28 others 옘마골드만, எம்மா கோல்ட்மன், Эмма Гольдман, إيما جولدمان, Έμμα Γκόλντμαν, עממא גאלדמאן, एमा गोल्डमन, Emma Goldmann, Ема Голдман, Ґолдман Емма, エマ・ゴールドマン, E. Goldmann, Ėmma Gol'dman, Эма Голдман, Ema Gōrudoman, എമ്മ ഗോൾഡ്മാൻ, אמה גולדמן, エマ ゴールドマン, اما گلدمن, Emma Qoldman, एमा गोल्डम्यान, Goldman, Ema Goldman, Emma Goldmane, एम्मा गोल्डमन, 埃玛·戈尔德曼, Emma Goldmanová, ਐਮਾ ਗੋਲਡਮਨ
Born:
June 26, 1869
Died:
May 13, 1940

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Emma Goldman (June 27 [O.S. June 15], 1869 – May 14, 1940) was an anarchist 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.

Born in Kovno, Russian Empire (now Kaunas, Lithuania) to a Jewish family, Goldman emigrated to the United States in 1885.[2] Attracted to anarchism after the Chicago Haymarket affair, Goldman became a writer and a renowned lecturer on anarchist philosophy, women's rights, and social issues, attracting crowds of thousands.[2] She and anarchist writer Alexander Berkman, her lover and lifelong friend, planned to assassinate industrialist and financier Henry Clay Frick as an act of propaganda of the deed. Frick survived the attempt on his life in 1892, and Berkman was sentenced to 22 years in prison. Goldman was imprisoned several times in the years that followed, for "inciting to riot" and illegally distributing information about birth control. In 1906, Goldman founded the anarchist journal Mother Earth.

Books by Emma Goldman