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Definition of Frances Wright
1. Noun. United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852).
Generic synonyms: Feminist, Libber, Women's Liberationist, Women's Rightist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frances Wright
Literary usage of Frances Wright
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Woman Suffrage by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage (1887)
"Frances Wright, a person of extraordinary powers of mind, born in Dunde?, Scotland,
... Frances Wright had long been aware of its insidious efforts, ..."
2. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh (1905)
"TO MISS Frances Wright. MONTICELLO, August 7, 1825. I have duly received, dear
Madam, your letter of July 26th, and learn from it with much regret, ..."
3. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1901)
"The foundress was Frances Wright, one of the early advocates in our country of
what would now be called woman's rights. She was born at Dundee, in Scotland, ..."
4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh (1905)
"TO MISS Frances Wright. MONTICELLO, August 7, 1825. I have duly received, dear
Madam, your letter of July 26th, and learn from it ..."
5. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1873)
"By Frances Wright. Second Edition. London: Longman. 1822. 8vo, pp. x, 483.
18641 Roughly handled in the " Q. Rev.," ..."
6. Twenty-seven Years of Autobiography: Threading My Way by Robert Dale Owen (1874)
"I WAS one of ten persons to whom Frances Wright, in December of 1826, conveyed
the lands of Nashoba ..."
7. Letters and Other Writings of James Madison by James Madison (1865)
"TO MISS Frances Wright. MONTPELLIER, Scpr 1, 1825. DEAR MADAM,—Your letter to Mrs.
Madison, containing observations addressed to my attention also, ..."
8. The Southern Review (1830)
"Edited by Frances Wright and ROBERT DALE OWEN, (for, the month of May,.) 5.
Same in the "New-York Daily Sentinel," for the month of May,. ..."
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