A day late, how could we forget, one
hundred years ago yesterday, Voltairine de Cleyre died on Thursday
morning, June 20, 1912, just after 11 o'clock. She is buried in
Waldheim Cemetery beside the Haymarket anarchists. Born in 1866 she lived a mere 46 years, but they were sincere, vibrant and productive years.
Willie Duff, Glasgow
anarchist/communist, who befriended her while she was in Scotland, commented
on hearing of her death, 'Voltairine, I am pleased to have been your
friend and comrade, for you were one of the bravest, truest, and
sweetest women that ever lived. You need no stone nor funeral bell;
you are tombed in the true hearts that loved you well.”
