"Anarchism and Other Essays" by Emma Goldman is a collection of essays published in 1910. Goldman's first book presents her anarchist perspectives on women's oppression, feminism, prisons, political violence, sexuality, religion, and nationalism. Adapted from her lecture tours, the essays challenged both conventional society and first-wave feminism itself. Goldman chose publication over lecturing, hoping to reach readers genuinely interested in learning rather than audiences seeking spectacle. "The Traffic in Women" became particularly
influential in feminist scholarship, sparking debates about marriage, sexuality, and women's liberation that continue today. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Biographic Sketch Preface -- Anarchism: What It Really Stands For -- Minorities Versus Majorities -- The Psychology of Political Violence -- Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure -- Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty -- Francisco Ferrer and The Modern School -- The Hypocrisy of Puritanism -- The Traffic in Women -- Woman Suffrage -- The Tragedy of Woman's Emancipation -- Marriage and Love -- The Drama: A Powerful Disseminator of Radical Thought.
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Reading ease score: 58.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.