Personal Information
When was she born and when did she die?
DOB: June 27, 1869
DOD: May 14, 1940
Who was Goldman's idol/mentor/lover?
Johann Most
Who was the person that was inspired by Emma Goldman’s speeches, assassinated President William McKinley?
Leon Czoloyz
What social group did Goldman become a part of?
Anarchist
What year did Emma start lecturing?
1903
At what age did Emma’s father try to marry her off?
Age 15
In 1983, how had Emma educated herself while she was in prison at Blackwell's Island Penitentiary?
She read books and trained as a nurse
What year was Emma Goldman jailed for speaking out on birth control?
1916
What fellow anarchist did Goldman meet? Where did they meet and when?
Alexander Berkman, New York, and 1889
What did women still not have in the 19th century?
freedom of speech
When she immigrated to the U.S, what’s the name of the place that she arrived at?
Castle Garden in NYC
When was Mother Earth magazines founded?
In the spring of 1906
What Memoire did Emma Goldman write about and what’s it called?
Memoire of Soviet Experience “My Disillusionment in Russia”
What did Goldman and Berkman campaign against during World War I?
Militarism
What did Emma do in Philadelphia?
She chained herself to a podium
Who was her first husband and what year did they marry?
Jacob Kershner and in 1887
Why did Emma Goldman marry James Colton?
Goldman needed British citizenship so that she could travel to Canada and France.
What cause did Emma Goldman work for during the Spanish Civil War?
Antifascist Cause
What did anarchist advocate?
The complete destruction of state
What happened to Ben Reitman in San Diego?
He was beaten, stripped, forced to sing, and burned in his skin the “Iww” letters
When she asked her father to let her go to school, what did her father say when he threw her book into the fire?
“Girls do not have to learn much! All a Jewish daughter needs to know is how to prepare gefilte fish, cut noodles fine, and give the man plenty of children.”
Which of Emma Goldman's written works was published in 1914 and what did it introduce and connect to?
The Social Significance of the Modern Drama introduced modern drama ideas about life and society from Europe to America and connected to the realistic need for change
How many anarchists were deported from America to Soviet Russia besides Goldman and Berkman?
247
What caused Goldman to look into anarchism and become an anarchist?
The bombing at a rally in Chicago on May 4, 1886, where anarchists were falsely accused and found guilty without evidence. 4 anarchists were executed due to this.
What acts were passed in 1917 and 1918 and what did they prevent?
The Draconian Espionage and Sedition Acts made it illegal to speak against the government during World War I