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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. Born in Kaunas, Lithuania (then within the Russian Empire), to an Orthodox Lithuanian Jewish family, Goldman emigrated to the United States in 1885.[1] 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.[1] 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 illegall

Emma Goldman - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Russian-born anarchist (1869–1940) Emma Goldman Goldman, c. 1911 Born ( 1869-06-27 ) June 27, 1869 Kaunas , Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire Died May 14, 1940 (1940-05-14) (aged 70) Toronto , Ontario, Canada Resting place Forest Home Cemetery , Illinois, US Spouses Jacob Kershner ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1887 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1888 ) ​ James Colton ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1925 ; died 1936 ) ​ Philosophical work School Anarchism feminism Notable works Anarchism and Other Essays (1910) Living My

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