Voltairine de Cleyre, 1866-1912 ​

Born: November 17, 1866 
Leslie, Michigan 
Died: June 20, 1912 (aged 45) 
Chicago , Illinois

Freethinker, feminist, poet, anarchist.

Writings by De Cleyre on this site:

• "The New Hope": A lost poem by Voltairine de Cleyre, rediscovered!
• "Some Nihilists I Have Met" by Voltairine de Cleyre, with a new introduction by Robert P. Helms.
• Philadelphia anarchist Voltairine de Cleyre's moving poem Nameless.
• In 1907, Voltairine de Cleyre debated the marriage question with Philadelphia physician and freethinker Henrietta Westbrook. De Cleyre took the position that They Who Marry Do Ill. But in asking Is Marriage a Failure?, Westbrook answered "No."
• A never-before published 1897 letter by Voltairine de Cleyre: On domesticity, jealousy, and abortion.

Writings about De Cleyre on this site:

Ida Celanire Craddock & Voltairine de Cleyre: Two Freethinkers of Philadelphia by Robert P. Helms