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Charlotte Frances Payne-Townshend (20 January 1857 – 12 September 1943) was an Irish political activist in Britain. She was a member of the Fabian Society and was dedicated to the struggle for women's rights.
25. Mai 2021 · Described by her friend Beatrice Webb, Charlotte Payne-Townshend was “an anarchist – feeling any regulation or rule is intolerable – a tendency which has been exaggerated by her intolerable wealth. She is romantic but thinks herself cynical. She is a socialist and a radical, but not because she understands collectivist ...
Charlotte Payne-Townshend (1857-1943) was an Irish heiress and a political activist. She married the playwright George Bernard Shaw in 1898 at the registry office in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden.
Charlotte Payne Townshend (1857-1943) was an Irish heiress who met Beatrice and Sidney Webb in 1895. Through them she joined the Fabian Society and in 1896 she was invited to spend a holiday with the Webbs, Graham Wallas and George Bernard Shaw in Suffolk.
On 1 June 1898, while on crutches and recuperating from surgery for necrosis of the bone, Shaw married his informal nurse, Charlotte Frances Payne-Townshend, at the office of the registrar at 15 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. He was nearly forty-two; the bride, a wealthy Irishwoman born at Londonderry on 20 January 1857, thus a half-year ...
Charlotte Frances Payne-Townshend Shaw was born in 1857, in Derry, Ireland. Her father died in 1885, leaving Charlotte a wealthy heiress. She played a role in founding the London School of Economics, donating the funds to establish a library at the school.
11. Feb. 2023 · Charlotte Frances Payne-Townshend Shaw was born on January 20, 1857, in Derry, Ireland to Horace Townshend and Mary Kirby. Her father died in 1885, leaving Charlotte a wealthy heiress. For much of her life, she rejected the idea of marriage and turned down all offers made to her.
