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"Apostle of Anarchy:" Emma Goldman's first visit to Winnipeg in 1907 (1).(Winnipeg, Manitoba)
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February 1, 2008
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Emma Goldman visited and lectured in Winnipeg on five separate occasions: first in 1907, twice in 1908, again in 1927, and finally in late-1939, just five months before her death on 14 May 1940. (2) The Lithuanian-born Jewish revolutionary and pioneer feminist was not yet forty years old when she first came to Winnipeg, but she was already the most famous, or more precisely, infamous anarchist in North America. The newspapers of the day invariably labelled her "Red Emma," or bestowed upon her grandiose, half-mocking titles such as "High Priestess of Anarchy" or "Anarchist Queen." At first glance, Winnipeg might seem an unlikely destination for the person who J. Edgar Hoover ...
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