Frances power cobbe biography of christopher

Prolific Irish writer, journalist, and feminist who wrote and spoke on a wide range of issues but is best known for her work on wife abuse and antivivisection. Born Frances Power Cobbe in Dublin, Ireland, on December 4, 1822; died at Hengwrt, Wales, on April 5, 1904; daughter of Charles and Frances (Conway) Cobbe; never married; no children; lifelong companion of Mary Lloyd.

Lived at home with her family in Ireland for 36 years; left home after her father died (1857); lived and worked with Mary Carpenter (1858–59); moved to London and began writing for several newspapers; published several hundred pamphlets on various reform causes, including wife abuse, suffrage, post-secondary education for women, and antivivisection; founded antivivisection association, Victoria Street Society (1875); left London with her lifelong companion Mary Lloyd and settled in Wales; founded the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (1898).

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