![]() Goldman was born on June 27, 1869, in Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire by the time she was twelve, her family had moved to ![]() Hen a law has outgrown time and necessity, it must go and the only way to get rid of the law, is to awaken the public to the fact that it has outlived its purposes and that is precisely what I have been doing and mean to do in the future.Įmma Goldman to “the Press,” February 15, 1916. At the time, federal courts interpreted the act as prohibiting distribution of information about contraception. She was charged with violating the Comstock Act, an 1873 law banning transportation of “obscene” matter through the mail or across state lines. ![]() Emma Goldman, American anarchist and feminist, advocate of free speech, birth control, and the eight-hour work day, was arrested in New York City on February 11, 1916-just prior to giving another public lecture on family planning. ![]()
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