Talk:Frances Wright

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Moved the following:

SEE ALSO

to here, until someone can explain in the article what their relevance is to the subject page. Could someone also explain what the negative publicity was which destroyed the commune? -- Zoe

I think the article now explains why all the above (except the Sons of Liberty, and the redundant inclusion of Fanny Wright) should be listed under "See also" in the article. Fanny Wright spent time in New Harmony, Indiana, and was influenced by Robert Owen (the guy who started that community). Guillayme D'Arusmont was Fanny's husband. The Popular Health Movement of 1830 to 1840 was something she spoke out about, when she advocated that women be more involved in health and medicine. The Working Men's Party was one of the first labor unions in the United States, if not the first labor union in the United States, and these ideas were also discussed by Robert Owen in New Harmony (the Working Men's Institute is located in that town.) I just added these "See also" items back into the article. Oh, and the "negative publicity which destroyed" Fanny's Nashoba Commune seems to revolve around the fact that it was a racially integrated community, and some people at that time no doubt found that to be both frightening and offensive (around the year 1830). Geneisner (talk) 08:46, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Frances Wright's Husband

Shouldn't Guillayme be Guillaume?

[edit] Substantive changes

I have made some substantive changes to the article after noticing some of facts were incorrect/missing. (Wright was born in Scotland, not England. She died in Cincinnati. The original purpose of Nashoba was not to send the slaves to Haiti; that was a result of the community's failure.) I would like to expand/organize the article at a later date, using Celia Morris's excellent biography of Wright -R.S. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Stowitzky (talk • contribs) 13 May 12 2006.

May we assume, then, that this very substantive, uncommented, anonymous edit was actually yours? - Jmabel | Talk 17:36, 15 June 2006 (UTC)