Emma Goldman — anarchist, social reformer, writer, and publisher
- Creator(s):
- Goldman, Emma
- Title:
- Letter to Comrade [Thomas H. Keell]
- Publication/Origin:
- New York: 11 April 1916
- Description:
- Anarchist Emma Goldman worked as a nurse and midwife on the Lower East Side of New York in the 1890s. She became a mentor to Margaret Sanger and brought her into the fight against the Comstock Law of 1873. When Goldman was arrested in 1916, she managed to turn the trial into a national forum on birth control. In this letter, she criticizes Sanger for focusing on birth control as a single issue, rather than working on the larger political, social, and economic forces that led to its suppression.
- Source:
- Emma Goldman Papers.
- Citation:
- Goldman, Emma, Letter to Comrade [Thomas H. Keell], New York: 11 April 1916, Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Accessed October 10, 2024, https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/4269