Charlotte Haldane (née Franken, first married name Burghes; 27 April 1894–16 March 1969) was a British feminist author. Her second husband was the biologist J.B.S. Haldane. April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (November 5, 1892 - December 1, 1964), who normally used J.B.S. as a first name, was a geneticist born in Scotland and educated at Eton and Oxford University. ...

Biography

Charlotte Franken was born in Sydenham, London. Her parents were Jewish immigrants, her father a Joseph German fur trader. In 1906 the family moved to Antwerp. Charlotte enrolled on a typing course in London. During the First World War her parents were interned but emigrated in 1915 to the United States. For other uses of the name Sydenham, see Sydenham (disambiguation). ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Cathedral of our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp)in the Handschoenmarkt, in the old part of Antwerp is the largest cathedral in the Low Countries and is home to a number of triptychs by the Belgian painter, Rubens. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

She married Jack Burghes in 1918 and they had a son Ronnie. In 1924 however she interviewed the biologist J.B.S. Haldane for the Daily Express and they soon became friends. She then had a scandalous divorce from her husband, before marrying Haldane in 1926. 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (November 5, 1892 - December 1, 1964), who normally used J.B.S. as a first name, was a geneticist born in Scotland and educated at Eton and Oxford University. ... The Daily Express is a British newspaper, currently tabloid, and it is owned by Richard Desmond. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

After a wartime trip to the Soviet Union, she became disillusioned with socialism, which J.B.S. still believed in, writing about it in Russian Newsreel. The Haldanes separated in 1942, divorcing in 1945. J.B.S. later married Helen Spurway. For information on mainstream political parties using the term Socialist, see Social democracy and Democratic socialism, For the governments of the USSR, the PRC, and others, see: Communist state, Other variants of Socialism include Marxism, Communism, and Libertarian Socialism. ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

She died in 1969 of pneumonia. 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Pneumonia (the ancient Greek word for lungs) is defined as an inflamation, usually caused by infection, involving the alveoli of the lungs. ...

Bibliography

• Motherhood and Its Enemies
• Man's World (1926)
• Brother to Bert (1930)
• I Bring Not Peace (1932)
• Youth Is A Crime (1934)
• Melusine (1936)
• Russian Newsreel (1941).
• Justice Is Deaf (play)
• Truth Will Out (autobiography, 1949)
• Marcel Proust (1951)
• The Gallyslaves of Love (1957
• Mozart (1960),
• Daughter of Paris (1961),
• The Last Great Empress of China (1965)
• Queen of Hearts: Marguerite of Valois (1968)

References

• Charlotte Haldane: woman writer in a man's world by Paul Routledge ISBN 0-333-66073-8 (review) (http://www.marxlibrary.net/reviews/biography/haldanec_1.htm)

External links

• http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WhaldaneC.htm