Contradictions & Contraceptions: Essays on Feminism and Social Justice - Softcover

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Born in Russia in 1869, Emma Goldman emigrated to the United States in 1885 to escape an arranged marriage. She soon found herself in the center of the various social activist movements pushing back against the plutocracy breaking the backs of workers across the U.S. and around the world. Goldman became a highly sought-after lecturer on anarchist philosophy, women's rights, and social issues. Her sharp intellect and passion singled her out as a popular speaker; it was not uncommon for her events to draw thousands of listeners. As her fame grew, so did her list of enemies-high society, wealthy industrialists, corrupt journalists, state and federal politicians. Goldman was arrested several times over the years for various reasons, including "inciting to riot" and illegally distributing information about birth control. Eventually her activism led the U.S .Government to exile Goldman, along with Alexander Berkman and other dissidents, to Russia in 1921. Here she witnessed first-hand the brutality of the Communist experiment, which sparked her outspoken opposition to the Soviet regime. Goldman was a prolific writer & publisher, founding the Mother Earth journal, and writing multiple pamphlets and articles for newspapers and magazines across the globe, as well as six books, including her expansive 2 volume memoir Living My Life, and the now-classic collection Anarchism and Other Essays. Goldman spent the remainder of her life in exile from the U.S., living in various countries before eventually settling in Canada. She died in Toronto in 1940.