Emma Goldman
Published on Dec 04, 2015
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Emma Goldman
By: Therasa Matthews
Biography
- Born on June 27, 1869 in Kovno in the Russian Empire
- Free Thinking "rebel woman"
- Mother Taube Bienowitch
- Her father used violence to punish his children
- Emma was beating by her father when she disobeyed him
Emma Goldman
- 2 older half sisters
- Helena, the oldest, provided the comfort they lacked from their mother
- Helena provided whatever "joy" Emma had in her life.
- Lena(other sibling), however, was distant and uncharitable
- Goldman pursued an independent education
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- Her father tried to arrange for her to be married at 15.
- Raped at age 15
- Discovered contact between man and woman could be so brutal and painful
- Goldman felt that the encounter forever soured her interactions with men
- Jacob a fellow co-worker shared her love for books & dancing & traveling
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- After four months, they married in February 1887.
- their relationship faltered once he moved in with her family
- Before long he became jealous and suspicious
- Less than a year after the wedding the were divorced
- he begged her to return and threatened to poison himself if she did not.
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- She returned to him for 3 months
- Her parents considered her behavior "loose"
- Her parents would not allow her in their home anymore.
- she left Rochester and headed southeast to New York City.
- Where she met her lover Alexander Berkman.
Timeline
- Helena born in 1860
- Lena born in 1862
- In 1885, Helena moved to New York to join her sister Lena and her husband.
- December 29, 1885 Emma joned them in New York City
- Emma married Jacob Kershner in 1887
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- 1888 divorced Jacob Kershner
- May 14, 1940- Died
Books
- Living My Life
- Anarchasim and Other Essays
Problems faced
- dad was abusive
- Raped at age 15
- Goldman found her mind a blank once on stage
- Kicked out of her parents home due to being "loose" because she divorced.
