Emma Goldman American activist and writer Emma Goldman was BOTD in 1869. Born in Kovno in the Russian Empire (now Kaunas in Lithuania) to an Orthodox Jewish family, she was raised in Königsberg and St Petersbur…

American activist, writer and Socialist icon Emma Goldman was BOTD in 1869. Her lifelong advocacy for worker’s rights, free love, birth control and homosexuality led to her deportation from the USA. #emmagoldman #bornonthisday #gayally #redemma #socialism