Emma Goldman
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Emma Goldman was a Russian-born anarchist revolutionary, political activist, and writer. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in t
Goldman, c. 1911
Emma Goldman's family in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1882. From left to right: Emma, standing; Helena, seated, with Moishe on her lap; Taube; Herman; Abraham.
Emma Goldman in 1886
Goldman enjoyed a decades-long relationship with her lover Alexander Berkman. Photo c. 1917–1919.
Leon Czolgosz
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Leon Frank Czolgosz was an American wireworker and anarchist who assassinated United States president William McKinley in 1901. Czolgosz had lost his job during the economic Panic of 1893 and turned t
Emma Goldman
…Havel immigrated to the United States, traveling with Goldman to Chicago. They shared a residence there with friends of Goldman. On September 6, 1901, Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed factory worker and anarchist, shot U.S. President William McKinley twice during a public speaking event in Buffalo, New York. McKinley…
Czolgosz in 1899
Drawing by T. Dart Walker depicting Czolgosz shooting McKinley
The revolver used to shoot McKinley
Czolgosz's police mugshot, September 7, 1901