Born on June 27 in Kovno, Lithuania, to Taube (Bienowitch) and Abraham Goldman.

Immigrates to the United States with sister Helena, settling in Rochester, New York.

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

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.

Conspires with Alexander Berkman in his assassination attempt on Henry Clay Frick, Carnegie Steel plant manager who ordered violent attacks on striking workers.

Serves ten months in prison for speaking at a demonstration of the unemployed.

Trains as a nurse in Vienna.

Unjustly implicated in the assassination of President McKinley and demonized by the press.

Becomes involved in Free Speech League in New York City in response to the passage of anti-anarchist laws.

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).

Arrested twice, imprisoned once, for lecturing and distributing material on birth control.

Co-founds No-Conscription League; sentenced to two years in prison for conspiracy to obstruct the draft.

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.

After intermittent visits across Europe and Canada, settles in Saint-Tropez, France.

Publishes autobiography, Living My Life.

Lectures on the imminent dangers of fascism and the rise of Nazism, first in England and later in the United States and Canada.

After many efforts, secures visa and returns to United States for 90-day lecture tour.

Works with the anarchist trade union (CNT-FAI) to fight fascism and build new society during the Spanish Civil War.

Dies on May 14 at age 70, in Toronto, Canada, and buried next to the Haymarket martyrs in Chicago.