1. A true Anarchist: Emma Goldman
... freedom and opportunity promised by the United States, Emma left with her stepsister Helena to join their sister Lena, who was already living in Rochester, N.Y.. Like most immigrants who left Europe, because of low wages and miserable living conditions in the eastern European working-class, Emma and her ... had to endure poverty due to low wages and miserable living conditions. Also Emma Goldman's first experiences with employers attitudes in the factory in Rochester showed the abuses which many workers confronted. Her request for a modest raise of her wage was met with remarks about he...
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