West became a regular contributor to The Freewoman and a prominent member of the London branch of the Freewoman Discussion Circle
. She also played central roles in the revival and transformation of The Freewoman...
Friends, Associates
Dora Marsden
The two had been in contact before this date: Weaver was a member of the Freewoman Discussion Circle
and may have seen Marsden there; they first began to correspond in 14 October 1912, as The...
politics
Harriet Shaw Weaver
Also around 1912, HSW
took out a subscription to A Weekly Feminist Review: The Freewoman. She soon joined the Freewoman Discussion Circle
. In the discussion circle she heard a talk by Edith Ellis
politics
Dora Marsden
The Freewoman Discussion Circle
(largely a creation of DM
) met for the first time in London. Its aim was discussion of feminist, socialist, anarchist, and other issues raised in The Freewoman: A Weekly Feminist Review.
Garner, Les. A Brave and Beautiful Spirit: Dora Marsden, 1882-1960. Avebury, 1990.
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Dora Marsden
Plans were afoot to relaunch The Freewoman shortly after it collapsed in its first form. When Marsden retreated to Southport for health reasons, Rebecca West
acted as liaison between her and supporters in the Freewoman Discussion Circle