Letter to Comrade [Thomas H. Keell]

Title:

Letter to Comrade [Thomas H. Keell]

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. 

Creator:

Goldman, Emma

Source:

Emma Goldman Papers.

Date:

1916

Coverage:

New York

Display Date:

11 April 1916

Hover Text:

Emma Goldman — anarchist, social reformer, writer, and publisher

Published Item:

U

Item Index:

21

Item Sort:

1900s

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