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Emma Goldman- The Promoters of the War Mania

The Author

Emma Goldman (1869–1940) stands as a major

figure in the history of American radicalism and

feminism. An influential and well-known

anarchist of her day, Goldman was an early

advocate of free speech, birth control, women's

equality and independence, and union organization.

Her criticism of mandatory conscription of young men into the military during World War I led to a two-year imprisonment, followed by her deportation in 1919. For the rest of her life until her death in 1940, she continued to participate in the social and political movements of her age, from the Russian Revolution to the Spanish Civil War.

Emma Goldman on Spartacus Educational

The Emma Goldman Papers

Other Useful Goldman Links

The Article

This article is in aim to persuade the American people towards the point of view that America should avoid joining the first world war at all costs.