Emma Goldman
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Feminism, Feminists, Women’s Rights, Judaism, Jews, Synagogues, Temples
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, Women’s History, American History 1878-1900
Article abstract: A leading member of the anarchic Left in the early twentieth century, Goldman was a critic of both capitalism and socialism and an advocate of women’s rights.
Early Life
Emma Goldman was born on June 27, 1869, in Kovno (now Kaunas) in Lithuania, which was then part of the Russian Empire. Her parents, Abraham Goldman and Taube Binowitz Zodikow, were already rearing two daughters, Helena and Lena, from Taube Goldman’s first marriage (she was a widow when she entered into an arranged marriage with Goldman). Beaten frequently by her...
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