Maybe on paper. Emma Goldman wasn't just "hostile to religion," she was an avowed atheist. She said, "Only after the triumph of the Atheistic philosophy in the minds and hearts of man will freedom and beauty be realized." You say, "...she understood that her own ideals had their roots in a Jewish historical experience shaped by longstanding oppression." Is that the reason she is a "Trailblazing Jewish woman?" Well, her ideals had roots in the oppressive historical experiences of young pregnant women and black people and gay people. Does this mean she was a trailblazing young, pregnant, black, gay woman? There are enough Jewish trailblazers not to have to claim nonjewish activists.
Maybe on paper. Emma Goldman wasn't just "hostile to religion," she was an avowed atheist. She said, "Only after the triumph of the Atheistic philosophy in the minds and hearts of man will freedom and beauty be realized." You say, "...she understood that her own ideals had their roots in a Jewish historical experience shaped by longstanding oppression." Is that the reason she is a "Trailblazing Jewish woman?" Well, her ideals had roots in the oppressive historical experiences of young pregnant women and black people and gay people. Does this mean she was a trailblazing young, pregnant, black, gay woman? There are enough Jewish trailblazers not to have to claim nonjewish activists.