Frances Maule Bjorkman (1879–1966) was a New Yorker prominent in the woman's suffrage movement. She was a member of the

National Woman Suffrage Association The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) was formed on May 15, 1869, to work for women's suffrage in the United States. Its main leaders were Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It was created after the women's rights movement spl ...

. She was a member of the

Heterodoxy In religion, heterodoxy (from Ancient Greek: , + , ) means "any opinions or doctrines at variance with an official or orthodox position". ''Heterodoxy'' is also an ecclesiastical jargon term, defined in various ways by different religions and ...

women's group. She lived at the

Helicon Home Colony Helicon Home Colony was an experimental community formed by author Upton Sinclair in Englewood, New Jersey, United States, with proceeds from his novel ''The Jungle''. Established in October 1906, it burned down in March 1907 and was disbanded. ...

, an experimental community founded by

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Biography

Frances Maule was born in

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on October 24, 1879. She attended

Notre Dame of Maryland University Notre Dame of Maryland University is a private Catholic university in Baltimore, Maryland. NDMU offers certificate, undergraduate, and graduate programs for women and men. History The Roman Catholic academic/educational religious congregation ...

and the

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. She married Swedish author

Edwin Björkman The name Edwin means "wealth-friend". It comes from (wealth, good fortune) and (friend). Thus the Old English form is Ēadwine, a name widely attested in early medieval England. Edwina is the feminine form of the name. Notable people and char ...

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in 1906. She was a

Socialist Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes ...

active in the

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. After separating from her husband Maule began a long-term, same-sex relationship with fellow Heterodoxy member Kathleen de Vere Taylor that lasted throughout the 1930s and 1940s. They lived together first in

Manhattan Manhattan ( ) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City. Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the County statistics of the United States#Smallest, larg ...

and then in

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. After Taylor's death in 1949 Maule inherited the house and lived there until her own death in 1966.

Writings

Home and school visitors
(1909)
The cure for two million sick: The discovery of the hookworm disease
(1909) with

Charles Wardell Stiles Charles Wardell Stiles (May 15, 1867 – January 24, 1941) was an American parasitology, parasitologist born in Spring Valley, New York. He was notable for working on a campaign against hookworm infestation in the American South, where it had bee ...

Tests of Woman Suffrage States
in ''

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'' on June 3, 1912
Woman suffrage: history, arguments and results
(1913)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bjorkman, Frances Maule 1879 births 1966 deaths Suffragists from New York (state) University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni National Woman Suffrage Association activists