Tag: human rights

Frances Wright

Fanny Wright

‘Beautiful in bodily shape and gifts of soul’

In this months’ contribution from Scottish PEN, Dorothy McMillan takes a look at the life and career of free-thinking social reform campaigner Frances ‘Fanny’ Wright. Continue reading

Human Rights and Dangerous Women

Comments from a Dangerous Woman on dangerous women

In this extract from the Ruth Adler Lecture 2016, Shami Chakrabarti reflects on what it was like to be branded ‘the most dangerous woman’ in Britain, and then highlights some of the most important campaigners for human rights in the UK today. Continue reading