Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman (1869-1940) was a speaker and writer who campaigned for women’s and workers’ rights, birth control, universal education, and other progressive causes. Candace Falk is a Guggenheim Fellow and the founding director of the Emma Goldman Papers research project at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of New York Times Notable Biography of the Year Love, Anarchy, and Emma Goldman. Barry Pateman is the associate editor of the Emma Goldman Papers, curator of the Kate Sharpley Library, and editor of Chomsky on Anarchism. Jessica Moran is a former assistant editor of the Emma Goldman Papers and is an archivist and scholar of anarchist history.

"The book definitely shows better than any work previously published, including Goldman's own autobiography, her splendid achievement during this early decade as an emerging anarchist."--Dennis G. Dalton, Forward "This book's real achievement is that alongside the rich and detailed picture of Goldman's life and ideas we are given a much clearer view of her comrades and the movement they built."--John Patten, Anarchist Studies "A vast sourcebook of fascinating newspaper articles, letters, trial transcripts, and speeches . . . especially instructive in today's climate of constricted civil liberties."--Chris Dodge, Utne Reader “[Goldman’s career] as her adoptive country's most notorious anarchist [is] richly displayed in these two volumes of documentary history." --London Review of Books“A major contribution to the history of anarchism and its place in the broader left . . . . Reading these collections nearly recreates the experience of going to the library and jumping headfirst into archival research.”--Against the Current “The volumes expand access to materials essential to understanding American history, especially struggles over radical politics, the position of women, free speech, violence as a means of social change, government repression, and the place of the individual in American myth and culture.”--Documentary Editing "This collection is an excellent overview of Goldman's early years and is recommended for larger public and all academic libraries."--Library Journal “[Goldman’s career] as her adoptive country's most notorious anarchist [is] richly displayed in these two volumes of documentary history." --London Review of Books