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Ambiguity

The section, "Conspiracy to assassinate the President" is titled such to suggest she did conspire with Czolgosz when she was later found innocent because "authorities were unable to connect her and the others directly to Czolgosz's crime". So did she have a connection, or was she simply a suspect? I'd like the title and text to reflect the ambiguity of this situation, and some expansion on the trial might be in order. There's a burden of proof involved with any sort of trial, regardless of the history of the defendant. It is likewise with the reporting of that history. Kennard2 04:52, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree. At a minimum, it should have a neutral title such as "Assassination of President McKinley". Or maybe something like "The usual round-up of anarchists after the commision of a crime, in this case the assassination of President McKinley". ;-) Malik Shabazz 20:06, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

LGBT

Out of interest, why is this part of the LGBT studies wikiproject? (I have the greatest of respect for the memory of Ms Goldman, but was she queer, or did she support queer people, or what?) I think the text should probably make this explicit. The Wednesday Island 13:55, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Emma Goldman was an outspoken supporter of free love in all of its expressions. She explicitly said that homosexuality is neither a perversion nor a disease. She held that it was a beautiful and natural expression of sexual desire in an era when none dared to even suggest this. There has been some speculation about her own sexuality. She was most certainly attracted to men, but may have been bisexual. Though I have not seen much substantive proof of this, I would not be at all surprised if it were true. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.190.65.147 (talk) 22:23, April 4, 2007

Eugenics

In one of his superfluous books, The Blank Slate, Stephen Pinker mentions that Emma Goldman was a supporter of eugenics. After reading through the Wikipedia article I wasn't sure where this would fit in best. Any suggestions? If not I suppose I will create a "Controversy" section. --Teetotaler —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.68.22.207 (talk) 07:05, April 12, 2007 (UTC)

Trivia tag

I added a trivia tag to the bulleted "popular culture" trivia section at the bottom of the article. It was removed with the explanation that it "wasn't appropriate". If the user that removed the tag could expound on that some I would greatly appreciate it. If not I will readd the tag as I believe the section fits the definition. NeoFreak 19:40, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry that I was so quick to delete your "trivia" tag with so brief an edit summary. I've seen other articles with "Trivia" sections, and I thought that the tag was intended solely for those lists, but evidently it is meant to include "... in popular culture" sections as well. The essay at WP:POPCULTURE says that "there is ongoing debate about whether such items are worthy of inclusion" in Wikipedia.

I'll restore the "trivia" tag. Hopefully it will serve as a reminder to editors not to add every cultural reference to Emma Goldman, and to try to incorporate them into the article. In the end, I think the article will end with a section about the rediscovery of Emma Goldman by second-wave feminists in the late 60s and early 70s, which is the source for many of the cultural references: most directly the Alex Kates Shulman quote about dancing and her anthology Red Emma Speaks, women's health clinics, etc., but indirectly most of the others over the past 30 years. And I imagine that such a section will include some of the more significant cultural references (maybe "dancing", Reds, and a few others). — Malik Shabazz | Talk 20:25, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks alot. I keep wanting to get back to working on this article so I hope I find some time soon to come back and help work that information into the article itself. Thanks again for taking the time to get back to me. NeoFreak 20:29, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Grammar: Emigrated vs. Immigrated

So yeah - i just changed some grammar: it said she "emigrated to the United States." emigrated means you leave a place, so i changed it to immigrated, which means you come to a place. She imigrated to the United States. You use emigrate like "she emigrated from" Lithuania, or Russia or whatever. no offense, but thats some pretty simple grammar people —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.0.241.95 (talk) 00:18, June 12, 2007 (UTC)

There's hardly any criticism of her at all!

Is that fair? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jros83 (talk • contribs) 06:28, June 16, 2007 (UTC)

Anonymous: Maybe you could start by adding some controversial facts? Emma was surely not perfect, but did she ever do or say something she would have to be ashamed of? (my name is thierry thomas) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.52.146.214 (talk) 12:59, October 2, 2007 (UTC)

Attentat

The article says that she "became a confirmed believer in the concept of the Attentat"; Attentat redirects to bomb, and that page gives no mention of the word. I can't find it in any standard dictionary. This word needs more explanation. --Trevor Burnham 17:11, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for noticing that. Attentat refers to Propaganda of the deed, the concept (to over-simplify) that direct action will inspire the masses to start the revolution. Attentat used to redirect to that article, but somebody changed it to bomb. I've changed it back. Thanks again. — Malik Shabazz (Talk | contribs) 18:00, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Assessment comment

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This article is extremely well done here at Wikipedia and I give it an A for quality and must say it is so interesting.

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