
Published online:
20 January 2022
Published in print:
06 July 2021
Online ISBN:
9781447355878
Print ISBN:
9781447355830
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Disappearing acts Disappearing acts
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A hellish childhood? A hellish childhood?
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The problem of marriage The problem of marriage
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The story of LSE The story of LSE
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‘The writing machine and the typist’Close ‘The writing machine and the typist’Close
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The Fabians and feminism The Fabians and feminism
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The mystery of the Fabian window The mystery of the Fabian window
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Scholarships for women Scholarships for women
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Sociology on the stage Sociology on the stage
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A pillar of wisdom A pillar of wisdom
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Working in the dark Working in the dark
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Legacies Legacies
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Cite
Oakley, Ann, 'Charlotte Shaw', Forgotten Wives: How Women Get Written Out of History (Bristol , 2021; online edn, Policy Press Scholarship Online, 20 Jan. 2022), https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447355830.003.0003, accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
Charlotte Payne-Townshend, a wealthy Irish heiress, married the playwright and social critic George Bernard Shaw, in 1898. Biographers have been obsessed with the nature of the Shaws’ marriage and have failed to recognise the extent of Charlotte’s own work in drama, literature, education and social welfare. She was a founder of the London School of Economics, financing its early development, and an active member of the women’s group in the Fabian Society. She was also an important inspiration for, and editor of, T. E. Lawrence’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
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