Today in history
Subtitle: February 11
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: Women anarchists; Biography
Other titles: February 11
Description: Presents information on Emma Goldman, the political activist who advocated such causes as anarchism, birth control, women's rights, the eight-hour day, and opposition to the draft during World War I. Highlights events in her life such as her arrest on Feb. 11, 1916, while giving a public lecture on family planning, and her deportation to Russia in 1919. Also includes information on American inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, who was born on Feb. 11, 1847.
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