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On a cold December morning in 1919, just after midnight, Emma Goldman, her comrade Alexander Berkman, and more than 200 other foreign-born radicals were roused from their Ellis Island dormitory beds to begin their journey out of the United States for good.
Convicted of obstructing the draft during World War I, Goldman's expatriation came 34 years after she had first set foot in America, a young, brilliant, Russian immigrant. For more than three decades, she taunted mainstream America with her outspoken attacks on government, big business and war.
Goldman's passionate espousal of radical causes made her the target of persecution. Her sympathy for Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley, brought down upon her the hatred of the authorities and the public at large. Feared as a sponsor of anarchy and revolution, she was vilified in the press as "Red Emma," "Queen of the Anarchists," and "the most dangerous woman in America."
Resources:
In the Library:
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Goldman, Emma. (2007). Anarchism and Other Essays. Gardners Books.
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Goldman, E. (1970). Living my life. New York: Dover Publications.
- Morton, Marian J., and Emma Goldman. 1992. Emma Goldman and the American left: "Nowhere at home". Twayne's twentieth-century American biography series, no. 14. New York, N.Y.: Twayne Publishers.
On the Web:
- Emma Goldman: American Experience - Official film website at PBS; includes synopsis, transcript, primary sources and more.
- Emma Goldman Papers (DL Sunsite) - official papers at the University of California at Berkeley Library.
- Goldman Collected Works - Full text of books and articles at the Anarchy Archives
