EMMA GOLDMAN, AMERICAN AIDE TO MUJERES LIBRES IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR

This work explores the American immigrant anarcho- feminist Emma Goldman's (1869-1940) affiliation with the Spanish anarcho-feminist organization Mujeres Libres [Free Women] during the Spanish Civil War both as a guide and an aide. No study devoted exclusively to Emma Goldman's relation with Mujeres Libres has ever been published. The aim of this work is two-fold: firstly, it redresses the current historiography arguing that rather than Mujeres Libres, Emma Goldman pioneered the anarcho-feminist ideology. Goldman acted as a guide to Mujeres Libres in its dual committment to anti-fascist struggle and sexual emancipation. Secondly, this work shows that out of her solidarity with Mujeres Libres, Goldman carried the anarcho-feminist movement onto the international platform through her propaganda and fund-raising activities for the refugees of the Spanish Civil War.

The author got her B.A. in American Culture and Literature from Ankara University. In 2010 she received her M.A. in American History from Bilkent University where she is now pursuing her Ph.D.