] EMMA GOLDMAN (1869-1940) stands as a major figure in the
] history of American radicalism and feminism. An
] influential and well-known anarchist of her day, Goldman
] was an early advocate of free speech, birth control,
] women's equality and independence, and union
] organization. Her criticism of mandatory conscription of
] young men into the military during World War I led to a
] two-year imprisonment, followed by her deportation in
] 1919. For the rest of her life until her death in 1940,
] she continued to participate in the social and political
] movements of her age, from the Russian Revolution to the
] Spanish Civil War.