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Whoa Emma!! an anarchist visits Calgary, 1907.(Biography)

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| June 22, 2007 | Switzer, Jack | COPYRIGHT 2007 Historical Society of Alberta. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

One of the most notable visitors to Alberta in the early part of the 20th century was an orator named Emma Goldman, or "Red Emma". She was America's most famous radical orator, whose speeches had inspired the assassination of U.S. President McKinley in 1901. Goldman spent two days in Calgary, a visit that is barely noted in the many studies of her long life as North America's foremost advocate of the idealistic philosophy of anarchism. The speech she gave in her one public appearance incorporated many of the major radical issues of the era--including labour agitation, the emancipation of women, class differences, and her major thesis--changing ideas about the role of the ...

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