Charlotte Mary Wilson was an English Fabian and anarchist who co-founded Freedom newspaper in 1886 with Peter Kropotkin, and edited, published, and largely financed it during its first decade.
10 Facts About Charlotte Wilson
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Charlotte Wilson married Arthur Wilson, a stockbroker, and the couple moved to London.
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Charlotte Wilson joined the Fabian Society in 1884 and soon joined its executive committee.
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Mrs Wilson is believed to be the model for Gemma in the best-selling novel The Gadfly by Ethel Voynich; while a description of Mrs Wilson's faux farm kitchen where the club met was given by E Nesbit.
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In 1886, parliamentarians within the Fabian Society proposed that it organize as a political party; William Morris and Charlotte Wilson opposed the motion, but were defeated.
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Charlotte Wilson subsequently resigned from the society in April 1887, continuing her association with the anarchists from the society.
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Charlotte Wilson wrote extensively to Karl Pearson about Anarchism, the Fabians, the Karl Marx Society and about her "Russian Society" from 1884 to 1896.
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Charlotte Wilson rejoined the Fabian Society in 1907, and founded its Women's Group in 1908 joining the campaign for female suffrage.
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Charlotte Wilson remained a very prominent member of the Fabian Women's Group in its early years as she served as its General Secretary and Secretary of the Studies Subcommittee where she heavily influenced the direction of the group's studies into working conditions for women.
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Charlotte Wilson would rejoin the Fabian Executive between 1911 and 1914.