Send us a textHow do you engage with others in a polarized society? Early 19-century writer and freethinker Frances “Fanny” Wright offers an ostensible how-to manual in the witty didactic novel she penned at age 19, A Few Days in Athens. Wright’s radical ideas garnered her the praise of Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette and Walt Whitman, to name a few, but detractors dubbed her “The Red Harlot of Infidelity.” Tristra Yeager and Eleanor Rust, hosts of the 2024 podcast “Frances Wright: America’s Forgotten Radical,” join us to discuss Wright’s historical importance and relevance to today’s political and cultural conversations.Mentioned in this episode:“Frances Wright: America’s Forgotten Radical” podcastA Few Days in Athens by Frances WrightViews of Society and Manners in America by Frances WrightFrances Wright’s grave in Spring Grove CemeteryThe Marquis de LafayetteThomas JeffersonWalt WhitmanEpicurusThe StoicsNew Harmony, IndianaRobert OwenRobert Dale OwenNashoba CommunityShaker Village in Pleasant Hill, KYThe Scottish EnlightenmentThe Second Great AwakeningSupport the showFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comSubscribe to our substack newsletter. Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

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