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Emma Goldman

(1869-1940)

 
 
Emma Goldman Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, September 10, 2019
1. Emma Goldman Marker
Inscription. Anarchist, orator and advocate of free speech and free love, lived here from 1903-1913, and published the radical magazine “Mother Earth.” She was deported to the Soviet Union in 1919.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: CommunicationsWomen. A significant historical year for this entry is 1919.
 
Location. 40° 43.938′ N, 73° 59.233′ W. Marker is in Manhattan, New York, in New York County. It is in East Village. It is on East 13th Street east of Third Avenue, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 208 East 13th Street, New York NY 10003, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New York City. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Margarita Maza De Juarez (here, next to this marker); Petrus Stuyvesant's Pear Tree (within shouting distance of this marker); Frank Stella (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Bitter & Moretti Sculptors (about 400 feet away); The New York Telephone Company Fire (about 600 feet away); Academy of Music Site (about 600 feet away); Saul Leiter (1923-2013) (about 700 feet away); William Penn Carriage Block and Hitching Post (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Manhattan.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Gramercy Gym Site (was about 700 feet away but has been
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Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Emma Lazarus Memorial Plaque in Battery Park
 
Also see . . .  Emma Goldman. Wikipedia biography (Submitted on March 9, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 
 
Emma Goldman Marker site image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, September 10, 2019
2. Emma Goldman Marker site
The marker is to the far right of the entrance.
208 East 13th Street image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, September 10, 2019
3. 208 East 13th Street
Emma Goldman image. Click for full size.
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4. Emma Goldman
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 9, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 647 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 9, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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