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Both New York Times articles refer to her as Becky Edelsohn, as do all the books I've read about Emma Goldman. Should we move the article to Becky Edelsohn? — Malik Shabazz Talk/ Stalk 02:36, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
I was thinking of submitting this article for appearance at Did You Know. Probably with a hook of "...that anarchist Becky Edelsohn was arrested for calling John D. Rockefeller, Jr. a "multi-murderer"?" Any thoughts or objections? Kaldari ( talk) 20:51, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
It took some digging, but it looks like Edelson's speech was regarding John D. Rockefeller, Jr.'s role in the Ludlow Massacre which had occurred a month earlier. Strangely, all the New York Times articles seem to be at pains to avoid mentioning this (or perhaps it was just obvious to readers at the time). Kaldari ( talk) 00:01, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
The New York Times describes Edelsohn as the first woman hunger striker. I can't find confirmation of that, but...
Emma Goldman, who was no fan of hers, referred to Edelsohn as the first political prisoner to conduct a hunger strike in the U.S. [2] Alexander Berkman wrote the same thing. [3] As does this interesting paper, by a graduate student in history. Margaret Sanger too. [4]
Maybe Edelsohn wasn't the first woman hunger striker, as the Times wrote, but the first in the U.S. to use a hunger strike for political purposes? Or maybe both? — Malik Shabazz Talk/ Stalk 03:10, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
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Both New York Times articles refer to her as Becky Edelsohn, as do all the books I've read about Emma Goldman. Should we move the article to Becky Edelsohn? — Malik Shabazz Talk/ Stalk 02:36, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
I was thinking of submitting this article for appearance at Did You Know. Probably with a hook of "...that anarchist Becky Edelsohn was arrested for calling John D. Rockefeller, Jr. a "multi-murderer"?" Any thoughts or objections? Kaldari ( talk) 20:51, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
It took some digging, but it looks like Edelson's speech was regarding John D. Rockefeller, Jr.'s role in the Ludlow Massacre which had occurred a month earlier. Strangely, all the New York Times articles seem to be at pains to avoid mentioning this (or perhaps it was just obvious to readers at the time). Kaldari ( talk) 00:01, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
The New York Times describes Edelsohn as the first woman hunger striker. I can't find confirmation of that, but...
Emma Goldman, who was no fan of hers, referred to Edelsohn as the first political prisoner to conduct a hunger strike in the U.S. [2] Alexander Berkman wrote the same thing. [3] As does this interesting paper, by a graduate student in history. Margaret Sanger too. [4]
Maybe Edelsohn wasn't the first woman hunger striker, as the Times wrote, but the first in the U.S. to use a hunger strike for political purposes? Or maybe both? — Malik Shabazz Talk/ Stalk 03:10, 21 March 2011 (UTC)