Born: November 17, 1866
Leslie, Michigan

Died: June 20, 1912 (aged 45)
Chicago , Illinois

Freethinker, feminist, poet, anarchist.

Writings included 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.