known as Fanny Wright
born Sept. 6, 1795, Dundee, Angus, Scot.
died Dec. 13, 1852, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Scottish-born American social reformer.
After travels in the U.S., she published Views of Society and Manners in America (1821), which was widely read and praised. Returning to the U.S. in 1824, she bought and freed slaves and settled them at Nashoba, a socialist, interracial community she established in Tennessee (1825–28). She worked with Workingmen's Party . After marrying and living in France (1831–35), she returned to the U.S. and became a supporter of {{link=Jackson, Andrew">Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party.