“What is generally regarded as success - acquisition of wealth, the capture of power or social prestige - I consider the most dismal failures. I hold when it is said of a man that he has arrived, it means that he is finished - his development has stopped at that point.”
Quote by Emma Goldman
Work
Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader
This reader compiles a selection of Emma Goldman's speeches and essays, offering insights into her advocacy for labor rights, feminism, and anarchism. The volume includes her influential works that have shaped the discourse on social and political issues. more
Author
Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman was a prominent American writer, lecturer, and activist, known for her work in anarchism and feminism. Born on June 27, 1869, in Lithuania, she immigrated to the United States in her teens. Goldman's life was marked by her advocacy for workers' rights, free speech, and sexual liberation. She was a key figure in the American labor movement and the early 20th-century radical movement. Her influential writings and speaking engagements made her a leading voice in the fight for social and political change. She passed away on May 14, 1940. more
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