Swiney, Frances, 1847-1922
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Name (Latin)
Swiney, Frances, 1847-1922
Other forms of name
Biggs, Frances, 1847-1922
Date of birth
1847-04-21
Date of death
1922-05-03
Other designation
Feminists Activists
Place of birth
Pune (India)
Place of death
Cheltenham (England)
Place of residence/headquarters
Cheltenham (England)
Field of activity
Feminism
Suffrage
Women's rights
Writing
Theosophy
Occupation
Authors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
Language
English
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Swiney, Frances. The awakening of women, or, Woman's part in evolution, 1899:title page (by Frances Swiney)
- Oxford Dictionary of national biography, viewed online November 26, 2018(Swiney [née Biggs], (Rosa) Frances Emily (1847-1922); writer and women's rights activist; born in Poona, India on 21 April 1847, daughter of Ensign John Biggs of HM 8th regiment, later to become a major in the 4th Royal Irish dragoon guards, and his wife, Frances Charlotte Malden; Frances Biggs spent most of her childhood in Ireland, returning to India apparently in early adulthood; she studied under James Danby, son of Francis Danby RA, and specialized in pictures of Indian scenery and life, exhibiting at Simla, Madras, and Birmingham, having even intended taking up painting as a profession, but on 1 June 1871 she married Major John Swiney (1832-1918), of Donegal, and became a full-time wife and mother; in 1877 Swiney returned to Britain and settled in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, where her husband finally joined her ten years later (he retired in 1890); she soon became involved in political activity, first through the Primrose League; her main political and philisophical interest was feminism and became involved with the Women's Emancipation Union, and in 1896 joined with Harriet McIlquham and others to form the Cheltenham Women's Suffrage Society, of which she remained the president until it merged with the local Women Citizens' Association in 1920; her writing increasingly reflected her interest in a theosophical matriarchalism, and an evolutionary philosophy of feminism; died on 3 May 1922 at her home, Sandford Lawn, Bath Road, Cheltenham)
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Rosa Frances Emily Swiney (née Biggs; 21 April 1847 – 3 May 1922) was an early British feminist, writer, and theosophist.
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