Emma Goldman died on May 14, 1940, in Toronto, Canada. Born in Russia, Goldman later became one of the most important figures of the anarchist movement in the United States, where she emigrated. During World War I, she campaigned against conscription. As a result, she was declared a “dangerous radical” by the U.S. government and deported to the Soviet Union in 1919. Although she initially supported the Bolshevik Revolution, she later became one of the best-known anarchist critics of the Bolsheviks. In the later years of her life, she continued living in Europe and Canada. During the Spanish Civil War, she supported the anarchist CNT-FAI movement. One of the quotes most frequently associated with her is: “If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.”
