Author: J. H. Clapperton [Jane Hume Clapperton]
Title: Margaret Dunmore or, a Socialist Home
Description: London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1894 . Paperback. The second edition of philosopher Jane Clapperton's vanishingly scarce socialist novel, about a utopian method of communal living. The second edition of this work, which was first published in 1888. Both contemporary editions are very scarce. Essentially a social treatise, in this work the titular character, leads a predominantly female group in forming a "socialist home", an early experiment in equal, communal living. The home prioritises collaborative parenting, progressive early childhood education, and gender equality in the home"s division of labour.The novel also contains strong feminist themes, something reflected in Clapperton's political work. A birth control pioneer, she associated ethical behaviour with full sexual freedom and equality for women - in the home, the workplace and wider society.This is thought to be the author's only novel.A loosely inserted clipping from the Daily Mail, dated 25.9.1933, notes that in a speech Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald refereed to this work in a speech, saying that he had read her novel years prior, 'wishing to get some sort of intellectual anchorage for my Scots mind wherein idealism was mingled with caution and haste, with care and hope, with thoughtfulness&apos. Undated; dated via Jisc. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Two small chips to fore edge of front wrap, with small losses of paper to joints, and back strip heads and tails. Wraps age toned to perimeters. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, binding strained to centre, between pages 94-95, but otherwise generally firm. Title page lightly age toned, with pages otherwise clean and bright. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Keywords: socialism feminism Jane Hume Clapperton social reform feminism None


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