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If they do not give you work, demand bread. If they deny you both, take bread. It is your sacred right!

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Emma Goldman
Age: 70 †
Born: 1869
Born: June 27
Died: 1940
Died: May 14
Anarchist
Autobiographer
Feminist
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Peace Activist
Philosopher
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