Gilded Rage
Anarchy in the New America, 1886 - 1919
On view April 18 - June 16, 2001

Gilded Rage is the story of the United States anarchist movement during the great social upheaval of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1880s to 1920). These brave, outspoken individuals, including many women and first-generation immigrants, spoke publicly about controversial issues such as labor practices, women's liberation, and the right to free speech. Gilded Rage recounts this forgotten history through original anarchists publications selected from labor and radical archives across the country. The exhibition also features photographs of New York City anarchists and rallies, and a critical response in political cartoons from the New York periodical Puck.

A panel discussion and reception will be presented in conjunction with the exhibition on Wednesday, May 16, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. in the Central Library Auditorium.

This exhibit is funded in part by the Queens Library Foundation.

Recommended Readings

Exhibition Essay on the Gilded Rage

Stories of Social Outrage: A Queens Library Booklist

Related Links
Check out these websites for more information about the history of the Anarchist Movement.

http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/index.html
Anarchy Archives: an online research center on the history and theory of anarchism

http://www.iisg.nl/
International Institute of Social History

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Goldman/
The Emma Goldman Papers Project

http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rulib/spcol/modern.htm#begin
The Modern School Collection at the Rutgers University Library

http://www.chicagohistory.org/dramas/overview/over.htm
The Dramas of Haymarket

http://acad.smumn.edu/History/contents.html
Observations of Life in Lower Manhattan at the Turn of the Century

http://www.cis.yale.edu/amstud/inforev/riis/title.html
How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, by Jacob A. Riis