Emma Goldman: Still Dangerous

This biography book by Emma Goldman deals with the breathless life of a revolutionary woman. Declared as “America's most dangerous woman,” Emma Goldman was a symbol of working class resistance and women's revolution. Emma Goldman's lifetime fame was created in part by her false involvement in the assassination of President McKinley and by an ambitious young J. Edgar Hoover. In 1919, Goldman, who was about to be deported, became known as "the most dangerous woman in America." After his death in 1940, biographers described Goldman as a “hero” and “icon”; They continued to tout his fame, even going so far as to consider him a “cult figure.” All contemporary works on Goldman contain significant references to his autobiography, Living My Life, which is re-examined in this book. In this book, we take a closer look at the various versions of Goldman that were later created; He used visual and written sources to determine how it was portrayed to the American public and how these concepts were softened and changed over the years.