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[[File:Charlotte Despard.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Charlotte Despard]] | [[File:Charlotte Despard.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Charlotte Despard]] | ||
[[File:Despard Theosophy front cover.jpg|right|220px|thumb|''Theosophy and the Woman's Movement'']] | [[File:Despard Theosophy front cover.jpg|right|220px|thumb|[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Despard_Theosophy_and_the_Womans_Movement.pdf ''Theosophy and the Woman's Movement'']]] | ||
'''Charlotte Despard''' was an Anglo-Irish writer and social activist. | '''Charlotte Despard''' was an Anglo-Irish writer and social activist. | ||
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* '''''The Christ That Is to Be'''''. Glasgow: Star Publishing Trust, 1920s. 8 pages. | * '''''The Christ That Is to Be'''''. Glasgow: Star Publishing Trust, 1920s. 8 pages. | ||
* '''''[Pamphlet issued by Home Rule for India League]'''''. [London] : Pelican Press, 1910s. Written with George Lansbury. 2 pages. Home Rule for India League. | * '''''[Pamphlet issued by Home Rule for India League]'''''. [London] : Pelican Press, 1910s. Written with George Lansbury. 2 pages. Home Rule for India League. | ||
* '''''Theosophy and the Woman's Movement'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1913. Riddle of Life series; no. 4. | * '''''Theosophy and the Woman's Movement'''''. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1913. Riddle of Life series; no. 4. Available at [http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Despard_Theosophy_and_the_Womans_Movement.pdf this website]. | ||
* '''''A Voice from the Dim Millions; being the true history of a working woman'''''. London, 1891. At least 5 editions. | * '''''A Voice from the Dim Millions; being the true history of a working woman'''''. London, 1891. At least 5 editions. | ||
* '''''Was it Wise to Change?''''' London: Cassell, 1894. Reprinted from Cassell's Magazine. | * '''''Was it Wise to Change?''''' London: Cassell, 1894. Reprinted from Cassell's Magazine. | ||
Revision as of 22:21, 13 December 2016
Charlotte Despard was an Anglo-Irish writer and social activist.
Personal life
Political and social activism
Theosophical Society connections
Writings
The Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals lists 4 articles by or about Charlotte Despard.
Fiction
- Chaste as Ice, Pure as Snow. 1874.
- Jonas Sylvester. London, 1886.
- A Modern Iago: a Novel. London: Remington and Co., 1879. Two volumes.
- Songs of the Red Dawn. Dublin: Odhla Printing, 1932. Poetry. 16 pages.
- What the Shepherd Saw: a Tale of Four Moonlight Nights. New York: George Munro, 1881. A collection of very short Christmas stories by Thomas Hardy, Charlotte Despard, and others. Despard wrote The White Lady of Hillbury.
Nonfiction
- The Christ That Is to Be. Glasgow: Star Publishing Trust, 1920s. 8 pages.
- [Pamphlet issued by Home Rule for India League]. [London] : Pelican Press, 1910s. Written with George Lansbury. 2 pages. Home Rule for India League.
- Theosophy and the Woman's Movement. London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1913. Riddle of Life series; no. 4. Available at this website.
- A Voice from the Dim Millions; being the true history of a working woman. London, 1891. At least 5 editions.
- Was it Wise to Change? London: Cassell, 1894. Reprinted from Cassell's Magazine.
- Woman in the Nation. [London:] Women's Freedom League, 1910s.
- Woman's Franchise and Industry. Women's Freedom League, 1910s.
- Woman in the New Era. [London:] Suffrage Shop, 1910. "With an appreciation by Christopher Marie St. John."
Additional resources
- The Charlotte Despard Blogspot.
- Broderick, Marian. Wild Irish Women: Extraordinary Lives from History. Dublin: O'Brien, 2001.
- Linklater, Andro. An Unhusbanded Life: Charlotte Despard: Suffragette, Socialist, and Sinn Feiner. London: Hutchinson, 1980.
- Mulvihill, Margaret. Charlotte Despard: a Biography. London; Boston: Pandora, 1989. 211 pages. "Valiant Women" series.
- Roberts, Marie.; Mizuta, Tamae. The Rebels: Irish Feminists. London: Routledge/Thoemmes Press, 1995.