HerĪs a child, Goldman spent four years at aĭoing well academically but rebelling against In Jewish ghettoes and forced to move oftenĬommunity, she was frequently depressed andĮmotionally distant from her children. SheĬhildren, landlords brutalizing peasants, andĮxperienced significant anti-Semitism, living Quotation "exceedingly dangerous" woman by United States Attorney Francis Caffey, July 12, 1917, National Archives.īorn on June 27, 1869, in Kovno, Lithuania.Quotation beginning "I want freedom" from Emma Goldman, Living My Life (New York: Alfred A.Ideals had their roots in a Jewish historicalĮxperience shaped by longstanding oppression.Ĭhapter in the history of Jewish activism in Problems, and she understood that her own The United States laid the groundwork for her In general, her core beliefs emerged in partįrom a Jewish tradition that championed theĮxperiences in Russia and as an immigrant to Herself in the face of overwhelming odds, Lecturing, and sometimes banned outright from The two most dangerous anarchists in America, Goldman the enmity of powerful political and Support for these ideas-many of which were Independence for women, radical education,
A fiery oratorĪnd a gifted writer, she became a passionateĪdvocate of freedom of expression, sexual Of absolute freedom led her to espouse a wide This exhibit was produced in collaboration with the Emma Goldman Papers.Ĭreation of a radically new social order.Ĭonvinced that the political and economicįundamentally unjust, she embraced anarchismįor the vision it offered of liberty, harmonyĪnd true social justice.
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