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Emma Goldman

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    (June 27, 1869-May 14, 1940)
    Influential anarchist and social reformer
    Wrote 'Anarchism and Other Essays,' 'My Disillusionment in Russia,' 'My Further Disillusionment in Russia' and 'Living My Life'

Why she might be annoying:

    She was an ultra-leftist anarchist and communist activist.
    She lived with a man who tried to kill industrialist Henry Clay Frick.
    She was an idol of Leon Czolgosz, the man who assassinated President McKinley.
    She was arrested following McKinley's death, but couldn't be linked to Czolgosz.
    She was arrested during a workers' rights demonstration after saying: 'If they do not give you work or bread, take bread.'
    J. Edgar Hoover called her 'one of the most dangerous anarchists in America.'
    After numerous run-ins with the law, she was deported to Russia.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her unpopular ideas made her the target of frequent harassment and censorship.
    She was a lifelong advocate of civil rights, fair working conditions, and peace.
    She was imprisoned for distributing contraceptive and birth control pamphlets.
    An antiwar activist, she spoke against the draft during World War I (predictably, she was arrested again).
    She became so disgusted at Russian communism that she wrote two books attacking the Bolsheviks.
    She worked against Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War.
    Her grave reads: 'Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to Liberty.'

Credit: Ratman


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 74 Votes: 56.76% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 143 Votes: 66.43% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 25 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 18 Votes: 72.22% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 87 Votes: 57.47% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 419 Votes: 80.19% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 163 Votes: 77.30% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 914 Votes: 68.38% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 100 Votes: 64.00% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 33 Votes: 60.61% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 115 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 576 Votes: 41.15% Annoying