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MADAME FRANCES (dä-rüs-môn'), maiden name FANNY WRIGHT, an American philanthropist and author; born in Dundee, Scotland, Sept. 6, 1795. She visited this country several times, and in 1825 made an unsuccessful attempt to establish a settlement for the elevation of the negro at Memphis, Tenn.
In later years she lectured on social, religious, and political questions. Among her works are: "Views on Society and DARWIN Manners in America"; "Altorf," a tragedy (1819); "Lectures on Free Inquiry" (1836). She died in Cincinnati, O., Dec. 2, 1852.