DARUSMONT

Frances , known as Fanny Wright ( dau. of Mr. Wright of Dundee, merchant, who d. 1798 ). b. Miln’s buildings, Nether gate, Dundee 6 Sep. 1795; brought up in England by her aunt; spent two years in the U.S. 1818–20; produced a tragedy ‘Altorf’ in New York 19 Feb. 1819; lived in Paris 1821–24; purchased 2000 acres of land on the river Nashoba in Tenne ee and settled negro slaves upon it 1824, this experiment failed and the slaves were liberated and sent to Hayti; joined Robert D. Owen in his socialistic scheme at New Harmony, Indiana and edited the New Harmony Gazette ; lectured in chief cities of U.S. on social questions 1829–30 and 1833–36, these lectures led to the formation of Fanny Wright Societies; one of the first advocates of female suffrage; author of Views of society and manners in America 1821; A few days in Athens 1822. ( m. 1838 Phiquepal-Darusmont a French reformer, from whom she separated). d. Cincinnati, Ohio 14 Dec. 1852. R. D. Owen’s Threading my way (1873) 264–72; Mrs. Trollope’s Domestic manners of the Americans (1831) i , 96–100, ii , 76–77; S. J. Hale’s Woman’s Record , 2 ed. (1855) p. 842.