Voltairine de Cleyre was described by Emma Goldman "as the
poet-rebel, the liberty-loving artist, the greatest woman-Anarchist
of America." De Cleyre was born in 1866 in Leslie, Michigan. Her
father who was a freethinker and communist at the time of her
birth, named her in honor of Voltaire. She was a friend of Dyer D.
Lum, Emma Goldman, Peter Kropotkin, Louise Michel, and Alexander
Berkman. She is best known for her passionate, provocative essays
and lectures in support of women, the poor and the working class.
Her poetry, somber though it is, was immensely popular in the
radical, labor and Freethought movements of the late Victorian era.
It spoke directly to the activists of the day in a style unique to
Voltairine. Her essays and poetry are as relevant today as they
were when she wrote them. "Written - in - Red " is the most
complete collection of Voltairine de Cleyre's writings in print
today. The editors have included 40 of her poems, seven of her
Haymarket speeches, and over 40 essays and lectures. This book is
part of the Freethinker Library, a collection of 19th and early
20th century books. These books are of interest to humanists,
atheists, agnostics, and Freethinkers, as well as people with
politically progressive or liberal views. The books of the Library
champion the rights of women and workers; defend liberal capitalism
and, sometimes, democratic socialism. The views of the Freethinkers
are as relevant today as they were a century ago.
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