Item Information

Letter from Emma Goldman to Lincoln Steffens

Dublin Core

Title

Letter from Emma Goldman to Lincoln Steffens

Description

In 1919, the United States was caught up in hysteria over a network of communist operatives. “Red Emma,” as she was called, was declared a subversive alien and in December, along with Alexander Berkman and 247 others, was deported to Soviet Russia. Her stay there was brief. It did not take her long to realize that the Bolsheviks were neither lovers of freedom nor partisans of workers' control. What had been created there was a massive dictatorship.

She left Russia in 1922 and remained active, moving from country to country. She was prohibited from entering the United States.

Creator

Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940
Steffens, Lincoln, 1866-1936

Date

May 20, 1930

Language

eng

MODS

Key Date

1930-05-20

Type of Date

ex

Place of Origin

Paris, France

Form/Genre

correspondence

Repository Name

nnc-rb

Language of Cataloging

eng

Digital Origin

rd

Collection

Lincoln Steffens Papers

Citation

Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940 and Steffens, Lincoln, 1866-1936, “Letter from Emma Goldman to Lincoln Steffens,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed April 25, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/melting-pot/item/505.

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