[[Image:EmmaGoldman.jpg|right|thumb|Emma Goldman]]
Emma Goldman was an [[anarchy|anarchist]] born in 1869 in [[Lithuania]]. Goldman lectured throughout the [[United States]] advocating wrkers rightsanarchy, birth control, and women’s rights. She was sent to jail several times and was eventually deported to [[Russia]]. She died in 1940.
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."
Emma Goldman is one of the characters in E. L. Doctorow's novel, ''Ragtime''. The musical ''Ragtime'' was based on Doctorow's novel.