With his wit and unique ability to illuminate history from below,
Zinn reveals the life of this remarkable woman. As Zinn writes in his
Introduction, Emma Goldman "seemed to be tireless as she
traveled the country, lecturing to large audiences everywhere.
"Howard Zinn's play about Emma Goldman, is a small miracle.
Here is a drama that holds down the heroics, polemics and didacticism
to which works about heroes and heroines are prone. True, Emma is
idealized; she is loving, honest, selfless, daring, but she is also
human and believable."—Walter Goodman, New York Times
