Emma Goldman: life of the week

Ruth Kinna charts the revolutionary life of the pioneering anarchist, advocate of free love, feminism and early LGBTQ+ rights activist

Published: June 23, 2026 at 9:22 AM

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Anarchist, feminist, revolutionary: 19th-century activist and writer Emma Goldman emigrated from the Russian empire to the United States as a teenager, and spent decades challenging power and convention.

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In this episode, Ruth Kinna tells Danny Bird about Goldman's extraordinary story – which intersects with American labour disputes, the Russian Revolution, and the Spanish Civil War – and her contributions to the causes of freedom and social change that still resonate today.

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Danny BirdContent producer

Danny Bird is a content producer at HistoryExtra

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