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[[Image:EmmaGoldman.jpg|right|thumb|Emma Goldman]]

[[Image:EmmaGoldman.jpg|right|thumb|Emma Goldman]]

'''Emma Goldman''' was born in 1869 in [[Lithuania]]. Goldman lectured throughout the [[United States]] advocating anarchy, birth control, and women’s rights. She was sent to jail several times and was eventually deported to [[Russia]]. She died in 1940.

'''Emma Goldman''' was born in 1869 in [[Lithuania]]; she never became an American citizen, and as an [[Anarchist]] rejected American political values. Goldman lectured throughout the United States advocating violence and anarchy. She was sent to jail several times --once after a murder attempt on a leading industrialist failed to kill him--and was eventually deported to Soviet Russia. She died in 1940.

When she arrived the [[Soviet Union]], however, she was shocked by the tyrannical regime of [[Vladimir Lenin]] and wrote the book ''My Disillusionment in Russia'' (ISBN 048643270X) in 1923.

When she arrived the [[Soviet Union]], however, she was shocked by the tyrannical regime of [[Lenin]] and wrote the book ''My Disillusionment in Russia'' (ISBN 048643270X) in 1923.

A firebrand revolutionary, she nevertheless insisted on her femininity, and is famous for saying "If I can't dance, I don't want to be in your revolution." However, like other early [[women's rights]] advocates, she did not support [[abortion]].<ref> [http://www.feministsforlife.org/history/foremoth.htm#egoldman Voices of our Feminist Foremothers] </ref>

A firebrand revolutionary, she nevertheless insisted on her femininity, and is famous for saying "If I can't dance, I don't want to be in your revolution." However, like other early [[women's rights]] advocates, she did not support [[abortion]].<ref> [http://www.feministsforlife.org/history/foremoth.htm#egoldman Voices of our Feminist Foremothers] </ref>

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