Fearless Women, Powerful Stories: A Three Part Virtual Series

Loudmouth: Emma Goldman vs. America

A Love Story

Born in Lithuania in 1869, Emma Goldman grew up knowing what it meant to resist expectations. Her father wanted a dutiful son, not a headstrong daughter. Emma had other plans.

When she arrived in America as a young woman, she was inspired by its promises of democracy and freedom, but appalled by the hypocrisy she saw around her. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness seemed to belong only to those at the top.

So Emma spoke up. Soon she was delivering fiery speeches about workers’ rights, feminism, inequality, and capitalism, challenging audiences to imagine a freer and more just society.

Loudmouth is both the story of Emma’s complicated love affair with America and the story of the romances, convictions, contradictions, and radical ideas that shaped her remarkable life.

Deborah Heiligman

Deborah Heiligman is the author of 31 books for children and teens. Her acclaimed nonfiction work has earned some of the highest honors in children’s and young adult literature.

Her book Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers received six starred reviews and won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction.

Her other books include The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdős and Snow Dog, Go Dog.

Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith was a National Book Award finalist, a Printz Honor book, the winner of the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award, and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

Her YA novel Intentions, an exploration of betrayal, love, faith, and the complicated transition from childhood to adulthood, received the Sydney Taylor Award for Teen Readers.

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