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Emma Goldman  

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  • Emma Goldman (1869–1940), a Russian-born anarchist, socialist, and feminist, was a thorn in the side of mainstream American society in the early part of the twentieth century. She traveled constantly, delivering vitriolic speeches, lecturing, picketing, marching, and demonstrating for First Amendment rights. [Source: Encyclopedia of the First Amendment; Goldman, Emma]

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