Emma Goldman

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Emma Goldman

American anarchist

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Born:: June 27, 1869, Kovno (now Kaunas, Lithuania), Russian Empire

Died:: May 14, 1940, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (aged 70)

Founder:: “Mother Earth”

Notable Works:: “My Disillusionment in Russia”; “The Social Significance of the Modern Drama”

Subjects Of Study:: dramatic literature; George Bernard Shaw; Henrik Ibsen

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Emma Goldman (born June 27, 1869, Kovno (now Kaunas, Lithuania), Russian Empire—died May 14, 1940, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was an international anarchist who conducted leftist activities in the United States from about 1890 to 1917. Goldman grew up in historic Lithuania, in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), and in St. Petersburg. Her formal education was limited, but she read widely and in St. Petersburg associated with a radical student circle. In 1885 she immigrated to the United States and settled in Rochester, New York. There, and later in New Haven, Connecticut, she worked in clothing factories and came into ...(100 of 510 words)

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