Goldman, Emma (1869–1940)

US political organizer, feminist and co-editor of the anarchist monthly magazine Mother Earth 1906–17. In 1908 her citizenship was revoked and in 1919 she was deported to Russia. Breaking with the Bolsheviks in 1921, she spent the rest of her life in exile. Her writings include My Disillusionment in Russia (1923) and Living My Life (1931).

Born in Lithuania and raised in Russia, Goldman emigrated to the USA 1885 and worked in a clothing factory in Rochester, New York. There she became attracted to radical socialism and moved to New York City 1889, where she became part of the anarchist movement. In 1893 she was jailed for inciting unemployed workers to riot; she was again imprisoned for opposing military conscription during World War I.