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Timeline
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1869
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Born on June 27 in Kovno, Lithuania, to Taube (Bienowitch) and Abraham Goldman.
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1885
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Immigrates to the United States with sister Helena, settling in Rochester, New York.
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1887
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Marries fellow factory worker Jacob Kershner; divorces him the following year.
Execution of four anarchists unjustly convicted of bombing a labor rally in 1886 sparks Goldman's political awakening
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1889
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Moves to New York City's Lower East Side and meets many prominent anarchists, including Alexander Berkman and Johann Most; the next year, delivers first of countless public lectures.
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1892
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Conspires with Alexander Berkman in his assassination attempt on Henry Clay Frick, Carnegie Steel plant manager who ordered violent attacks on striking workers.
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1893
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Serves ten months in prison for speaking at a demonstration of the unemployed.
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1895
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Trains as a nurse in Vienna.
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1901
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Unjustly implicated in the assassination of President McKinley and demonized by the press.
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1903
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Becomes involved in Free Speech League in New York City in response to the passage of anti-anarchist laws.
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1906
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Founds Mother Earth magazine; later publishes numerous articles and lectures, including Anarchism and Other Essays (1910) and The Social Significance of the Modern Drama (1914).
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1916
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Arrested twice, imprisoned once, for lecturing and distributing material on birth control.
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1917
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Co-founds No-Conscription League; sentenced to two years in prison for conspiracy to obstruct the draft.
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1919
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Deported to Soviet Russia with 248 other alien radicals; later publishes My Disillusionment in Russia (1923), a reaction to the Bolshevik suppression of anarchists and free speech.
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1928
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After intermittent visits across Europe and Canada, settles in Saint-Tropez, France.
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1931
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Publishes autobiography, Living My Life.
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1932
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Lectures on the imminent dangers of fascism and the rise of Nazism, first in England and later in the United States and Canada.
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1934
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After many efforts, secures visa and returns to United States for 90-day lecture tour.
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1936-1938
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Works with the anarchist trade union (CNT-FAI) to fight fascism and build new society during the Spanish Civil War.
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1940
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Dies on May 14 at age 70, in Toronto, Canada, and buried next to the Haymarket martyrs in Chicago.
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