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On this day February 11, 1916

Emma Goldman arrested under Comstock Act

Emma Goldman
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Emma Goldman was a Russian-born anarchist writer, editor, and orator who emigrated to the United States in 1885 and became one of the most influential and most prosecuted radicals in American history....
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Lithuanian-born Jewish anarchist Emma Goldman was arrested in New York City on charges of violating the Comstock Act, for distributing information about birth control.

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