Bibliograph

To the barricades, the anarchist life of Emma Goldman, Alix Kates Shulman

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To the barricades, the anarchist life of Emma Goldman, Alix Kates Shulman

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

To the barricades

Nature of contents

dictionaries

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Alix Kates Shulman

Sub title

the anarchist life of Emma Goldman

Summary

The story of Emma Goldman, written by a leader of America's second wave of feminism Writer, anarchist, revolutionary, feminist-Emma Goldman was all these things and more. She was a fiery advocate, taking bold stands on a wide range of issues including women's rights, homosexuality, capitalism, and the military draft. Her tumultuous childhood in Tsarist Russia fostered her rebelliousness and emboldened her opposition to violent authority. Upon arriving in New York in 1885, Goldman found a home in the anarchist movement in the United States. She traveled the country to deliver lectures on anarchism, and was jailed for urging unemployed workers to demand the food they needed. Goldman also aggressively supported Margaret Sanger's effort to educate women about birth control. Goldman was deported to Russia as fears of an anarchist revolution in the US grew. But back in her homeland, she didn't find the socialist paradise of worker equality and empowerment she had hoped would take root after the Bolshevik Revolution. Disillusioned, she left the Soviet Union and traveled the world to write and agitate on behalf of her causes. Goldman's radical legacy endures, revived during the Women's Liberation Movement of the 1970s. Her story provides inspiration for any woman who ever wanted to make a difference in the world

Target audience

adult

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