Almeda Sperry to Emma Goldman, 1912, by Jonathan Ned Katz
Dublin Core
Title
Almeda Sperry to Emma Goldman, 1912, by Jonathan Ned Katz
Subject
Biography
Family, Intimacy, and Relationships
Media and Communications
Religion
Sexuality / Sexual Behaviors
Social Life and Community
Work and Economic Life
Description
A collection of love letters to Emma Goldman, the anarchist leader, vividly conveys the emotions and varied life experience of Almeda Sperry, their complex author. The letters detail and evoke Sperry's tender-brutal relationship with her husband Fred; her bitter-funny cash relationship with Carnegie Steel Company boss "Newt"; her loving relationship with Florence, a graphically described woman friend; her own poor working-class childhood, and her passionate, would-be affair of the heart with Emma Goldman. Adapted from Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A. (1976) by Jonathan Ned Katz. Republished on OutHistory April 29, 2015.
Time Period
1900-1920
Person
Sperry, Almeda
Goldman, Emma
Katz, Jonathan Ned
Place
Pennsylvania
New Kensington, PA
Feature Exhibit Item Type Metadata
slug
sperry-to-goldman
Files
