Emma Goldman: “Marriage and Love”

( 1910 ) Commentary by Ron Briley, Sandia Preparatory School

Glossary

convention a customary practice
premium a play on words, referring to a payment on an insurance policy and to something highly desirable, as in “put a premium on”
sanction blessing
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children … Gerry Society the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the world’s first child protective agency, founded in 1875 by Elbridge Thomas Gerry (hence sometimes called the Gerry Society) and Henry Bergh

Emma Goldman (Library of Congress)

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