1. Helene Minkin later went on to write her memoirs, which were later translated and published as a collection, Storm in My Heart: Memories from the Widow of Johann Most, which provides her personal perspective of her and Most's lives, as well as a close look into the conditions of late 19th- and early 20th-century immigrant life in the United States.
Helene Minkin was born to a poor Jewish family in Grodno - a predominantly Jewish shtetl - the same part of Western Russia as Goldman and Berkman.
Likely due to continued religious persecution, Helene, Anna, and her father Isaac Minkin decided to emigrate to the United States in 1888 among the first wave of Eastern European immigrants from Russia; they boarded the Wieland on May 20 in Hamburg, and began the long journey to New York.
Helene Minkin criticized the anarchist movements' marginalization of women within its leadership circles with pointed comments directed towards Johann Most, with whom she had a brief intimate relationship and is credited with launching her political career.
Helene Minkin and Most's relationship was a popular topic within the German anarchist movement in New York, and Goldman took part in the critique.
Johann Most and Helene Minkin met in 1888, and the movement leader, twenty-six years her senior, made an impression on her - but due to the harsh opinions fostered by Goldman, a close friendship wasn't formed until 1892.
Helene Minkin describes friction within their marriage, but credits their shared political beliefs with keeping them content.
The accusations and other rumors about Most lead Helene Minkin to reject the financial support offered to her to support herself and her children, and she soon withdrew from the anarchists completely.
How Helene Minkin spent her later years after is somewhat unclear, as she stepped out of the spotlight after Most's death.
Helene Minkin mostly distanced herself from her old life, changing residences and occupations often, and sometimes going by the name Miller or Mueller.
Helene Minkin's grave is located in Flushing, New York, at the Mount Hebron Cemetery.
When others from their circle failed to step up to maintain Freiheit in Most's absence, Helene Minkin stepped in as editor and manager for two years while he was imprisoned.
Helene Minkin portrays Most as a level-headed and virtuous man, combating Goldman's critical depiction, and emphasizes the influence both had upon her political ideologies.
Helene Minkin's memoirs were later translated from Yiddish and published by the AK Press as a collection, Storm in My Heart: Memories from the Widow of Johann Most.