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Occupation | Dora Marsden | DM
was the major but not the sole driving force behind The Freewoman. The journal was launched with funds from Mary Gawthorpe
, who also served for some time as its co-editor. Gawthorpe's tenure... |
politics | Dora Marsden | In one of her first major public appearances with the WSPU
, DM
spoke, along with leaders of the movement, at the group's rally at Heaton Park in Manchester, to mark Woman's Sunday. Garner, Les. A Brave and Beautiful Spirit: Dora Marsden, 1882-1960. Avebury. 29 Clarke, Bruce. Dora Marsden and Early Modernism: Gender, Individualism, Science. University of Michigan Press. 48 |
Textual Production | Dora Marsden | |
politics | Dora Marsden | DM
was arrested for the first time when she was one of a WSPU
deputation to Parliament
. She was jailed for one month at Holloway Prison
and her experience garnered much media attention. Garner, Les. A Brave and Beautiful Spirit: Dora Marsden, 1882-1960. Avebury. 30-2 |
Textual Production | Dora Marsden | Marsden's first major collaborator was Mary Gawthorpe
. The two began their friendship in about 1906 and had since frequently shared personal and professional concerns, including possible courses of action in the feminist movement. Garner, Les. A Brave and Beautiful Spirit: Dora Marsden, 1882-1960. Avebury. 48 |
Employer | Dora Marsden | |
Textual Production | Dora Marsden | |
Publishing | Dora Marsden | |
Literary responses | Dora Marsden | As editor Marsden received informal letters and formal reviews that showed appreciation for the journal's attempt at provocative, comprehensive coverage of pressing socio-political issues. But The Freewoman also aroused controversy and negative response. For instance... |
Reception | Dora Marsden | Mary Gawthorpe
resigned her co-editorship of The Freewoman after DM
published there her explicit attack on the WSPU
, A Militant Psychology. Gawthorpe had disagreed with Marsden's position for some time. Garner, Les. A Brave and Beautiful Spirit: Dora Marsden, 1882-1960. Avebury. 71-2 |
Literary responses | Dora Marsden | Rebecca West wrote on The Freewoman in a 1926 issue of the feminist weekly Time and Tide. She disagreed with Marsden's campaign against the WSPU
as well as with her later philosophical turns, while... |
Education | Dora Marsden | Though some of DM
's activities and affiliations are unclear, studying and living in Manchester was a highly formative experience for her. By then the city had established strong ties with the labour and suffrage... |
Textual Features | Dora Marsden | As editor and then contributing editor, DM
published essays through which she explored her doctrine of radical individualism. Clarke, Bruce. Dora Marsden and Early Modernism: Gender, Individualism, Science. University of Michigan Press. 3 |
politics | Dora Marsden | When she returned to the north after living in Colchester, DM
became more actively involved with the formal suffrage movement, particularly the WSPU
. Along with Rona Robinson
, she was attracted to the ideals... |
Occupation | Dora Marsden | After this, DM
's role within the WSPU
expanded markedly. She was a frequent public speaker and temporarily took over Mary Gawthorpe
's work as a Union organizer when Mary was ill. Her work was... |
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