Editing Emma Goldman (section)

== Legacy ==
[[File:Emma Goldman.jpg|thumb|upright|Goldman's image, often accompanying a popular paraphrase of her ideas—"If I can't dance, I don't want to be in your revolution"—has been reproduced on countless walls, garments, stickers, and posters as an icon of freedom.]]
Goldman was well known during her life, described as—among other things—"the most dangerous woman in America".<ref>{{cite book
| last = Avrich
| first = Paul
| author-link = Paul Avrich
| title = Anarchist Voices: An Oral History of Anarchism in America
| publisher = [[AK Press]]
| year = 2006
| page = 45
| isbn = 1-904859-27-5}}</ref> After her death and through the middle part of the 20th century, her fame faded. Scholars and historians of anarchism viewed her as a great speaker and activist but did not regard her as a philosophical or theoretical thinker on par with, for example, [[Peter Kropotkin|Kropotkin]].{{sfn|Marshall|1992|pp=396–401}}

In 1970, [[Dover Press]] reissued Goldman's biography, ''Living My Life'', and in 1972, feminist writer [[Alix Kates Shulman]] issued a collection of Goldman's writing and speeches, ''Red Emma Speaks''. These works brought Goldman's life and writings to a larger audience, and she was in particular lionized by the [[Second-wave feminism|women's movement]] of the late 20th century. In 1973, Shulman was asked by a printer friend for a quotation by Goldman for use on a T-shirt. She sent him the selection from ''Living My Life'' about "the right to self-expression, everybody's right to beautiful, radiant things", recounting that she had been admonished "that it did not behoove an agitator to dance".{{sfn|Wexler|1989|p=1}} The printer created a statement based on these sentiments that has become one of the most famous quotations attributed to Goldman even though she probably never said or wrote it as such: "If I can't dance I don't want to be in your revolution."<ref>[[Alix Kates Shulman|Shulman, Alix Kates]]. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20051217133141/http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/Goldman/Features/dances_shulman.html Dances with Feminists]". ''Women's Review of Books'', Vol. IX, #3. December 1991. Retrieved on February 16, 2017.</ref> Variations of this saying have appeared on thousands of T-shirts, buttons, posters, bumper stickers, coffee mugs, hats, and other items.{{sfn|Wexler|1989|p=1}}

The women's movement of the 1970s that "rediscovered" Goldman was accompanied by a resurgent anarchist movement, beginning in the late 1960s, which also reinvigorated scholarly attention to earlier anarchists. The growth of [[feminism]] also initiated some reevaluation of Goldman's philosophical work, with scholars pointing out the significance of Goldman's contributions to anarchist thought in her time. Goldman's belief in the value of [[aesthetics]], for example, can be seen in the later influences of [[anarchism and the arts]]. Similarly, Goldman is now given credit for significantly influencing and broadening the scope of activism on issues of sexual liberty, reproductive rights, and freedom of expression.{{sfn|Marshall|1992|pp=408–409}}

Goldman has been honored by a number of organizations named in her memory. The Emma Goldman Clinic, a women's health center located in [[Iowa City, Iowa]], selected Goldman as a namesake "in recognition of her challenging spirit."<ref>"[http://www.emmagoldman.com/about/about.htm About Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108084728/http://www.emmagoldman.com/about/about.htm |date=2008-01-08 }}". The Emma Goldman Clinic. 2007. Retrieved on December 15, 2007.</ref> [[Red Emma's|Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse]], an [[infoshop]] in [[Baltimore]], Maryland adopted her name out of their belief "in the ideas and ideals that she fought for her entire life: free speech, sexual and racial equality and independence, the right to organize in our jobs and in our own lives, ideas and ideals that we continue to fight for, even today".<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.redemmas.org/section/About/emma/|title= Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse: Who is Red Emma?|publisher= [[Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse]]|access-date= February 24, 2008|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080506062044/http://www.redemmas.org/section/About/emma/|archive-date = May 6, 2008}}</ref>