Episode 8: Hobo

A portrait of Dr. Benjamin Reitman, circa 1910
(Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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TRANSCRIPT

Emma Goldman falls in love with Dr. Ben Reitman, who breaks her heart and forces her to examine her commitment to her anarchist principles. The federal immigration authorities stop her at the Canadian border and begin to review her citizenship status.

With guests Candace Falk, Clare Hemmings, and Kenyon Zimmer

Lazarus Averbuch

Source: Jane Addams Papers Project

George Shippy, the Chicago chief of police who shot Lazarus Averbuch

Source: Wikimedia Commons

Olga Averbuch, Lazarus Averbuch's sister

Source: Chicago History Museum

Dr. Ben Reitman, circa 1910

Source: Wikimedia Commons

Letter from Emma Goldman to Ben Reitman, August 1908

Source: The Emma Goldman Papers on the Internet Archive

"San Diego Has a Tar Party for Dr. Reitman," The Call, May 16, 1912

Source: Library of Congress