12 Facts About Marie Goldsmith

Maria Isidorovna Goldsmith, known as Marie Goldsmith, was a Russian Jewish anarchist and collaborator of Peter Kropotkin.

Marie Goldsmith wrote under the pseudonyms Maria Isidine and Maria Korn.

Maria Isidorovna Goldsmith was born to Jewish and Russian ancestry in 1862 or 1863.

Marie Goldsmith's father, Isidor, was a radical publisher in St Petersburg and her mother, Sofia, was trained in medicine.

Marie Goldsmith served as secretary of L'Annee Biologique from 1902 to 1919, and worked closely with its editor, Yves Delage, especially after he became nearly blind in 1904.

Marie Goldsmith became a figure of stature among Russian anarchists and had strong relationships with other Russian revolutionaries.

Marie Goldsmith wrote for a number of anarchist publications in English, French, Italian, Russian, and Yiddish throughout the rest of her life.

Marie Goldsmith wrote for the Yiddish Freie Arbeiter Stimme and the London-based Khleb i Volya.

Marie Goldsmith assisted with editorial work and Kropotkin, who served on its editorial board, was dedicated to its cause.

Marie Goldsmith translated Kropotkin's Ethics from Russian to French in 1927.

Marie Goldsmith continued to write for other anarchist papers, including the Plus Loin in the 1920s, and her apartment, which she shared with her mother, served as a meeting place for Russian anarchists in Paris.

Shortly after her mother died, Marie Goldsmith killed herself on 11 January 1933.