Emma Goldman: Biographical Sketch

By Charles Allan Madison

Emma Goldman is a biography by Charles Allan Madison. Goldman was a rebel political activist and author. She played a crucial role in the expansion of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe.

• Language: English
• Publisher: DigiCat
• Release date: May 29, 2022
• ISBN: 8596547017493

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Charles Allan Madison

Emma Goldman: Biographical Sketch

EAN 8596547017493

DigiCat, 2022

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Reprinted from

CRITICS AND CRUSADERS

by Charles A. Madison

with the permission of

Frederick Ungar Publishing Co.

EMMA GOLDMAN

ALSO PUBLISHED BY THE LIBERTARIAN BOOK CLUB

ANARCHISM

Exponents of the Anarchist Philosophy

by

Paul Eltzbacher

with an appended essay

by

Rudolf Rocker

MEN AGAINST THE STATE

NINETEEN SEVENTEEN

The Russian Revolution Betrayed

THE UNKNOWN REVOLUTION

Kronstadt 1921 Ukrain 1918-1921

BOOKS BY RUDOLF ROCKER

NATIONALISM AND CULTURE

PIONEERS OF AMERICAN FREEDOM

THE SIX

Author of

CRITICS AND CRUSADERS

Published by

Libertarian Book Club, Inc.

P. O. Box 842

General Post Office New York 1, N. Y.

May 13, 1960

Reprinted from

CRITICS AND CRUSADERS

by Charles A. Madison

with the permission of

Frederick Ungar Publishing Co.

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Emma Goldman 1869--1940

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EMMA GOLDMAN

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ANARCHIST REBEL

The hanging of several anarchists in 1887 as a consequence of the Haymarket bombing in Chicago caused many Americans to sympathize with the gibbeted radicals. Youths swathed in bright idealism, men and women rooted in equalitarian democracy, workers trusting in the rectitude of their government—all doubted the guilt of the condemned prisoners and were deeply perturbed by the egregious miscarriage of justice. Many of them for the first time became aware of the state's ruthless arrogation of power, and scores upon scores remained to the end of their lives inimical to government and apprehensive of all forms of authority.

Emma Goldman was one of these converts. Resentment against the restraints of authority was no new experience for this spirited girl. As far back as she could remember she had hated and feared her father, a quick-tempered and deeply harassed Orthodox Jew who had vented his emotional and financial vexations on his recalcitrant daughter. Unable to get from him the love and praise she craved, she had refused to submit to his strict discipline and had preferred beatings to blind obedience. Consequently she grew up in an atmosphere of repression and acrimony. Since my earliest recollection, she wrote, "home had been stifling, my father's presence terrifying. My mother, while less violent with her children, never showed much