08
Mar
I insisted that our Cause could not expect me to become a nun and that the movement would not be turned into a cloister. If it meant that, I did not want it… If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part in your revolution.
Emma Goldman
I’ve been reading a lot about “Red Emma” and a number of other radical females. I’m particularly intrigued by the aggressiveness exhibited by Emma and how quickly she was able to change her situation (from factory girl to dissident journalist). Perhaps it is her legacy that is most shocking though, for as a result her championing the Anarchy movement, it still remains a taboo revolutionary alternative in the United States… merely mentioning Anarchy conjures images of violent, young people eager to destroy civilization as we know it. The Queen of the Anarchists sure new how to make a splash.
For further reading, check out Streitmatter’s book.
