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socialism and a modern outlook on sexual activities. Roscoe was frequently absent and involved with other women, but he taught
Charmian typing and a special technique of shorthand. She was able to type in the 120 - 150 word-per-minute range. In the late 1890s Charmian, who had worked her way through Mills College in Oakland as a typist and typing instructor, became an assistant to Netta at
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Netta and Jack remained close for many years with Jack referring to her as "My Mother, Mother Mine", but toward the end of his life the relationship soured, and she actually sued him over water rights on their adjacent lands. In 1913 Jack built a dam on his ranch and reduced the flow to his neighbors
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and developed a relationship with Netta's niece
Charmian Kittredge. She was aware of him through their prior meeting and his correspondence with Netta. London was injured when he fell from a buggy, and Netta arranged for Charmian to care for him. The two developed a friendship, as she, Netta, Roscoe,
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Netta owned a resort called Wake Robin in Glen Ellen
California, northwest of the town of Sonoma sitting on 10 acres between Sonoma Creek and Wildwater Creek. She invited Jack London and his family to visit in 1903, which was his introduction to Glen Ellen, where he would later buy a ranch, build a
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and raised her as their own. Even before her death, Daisey (a minor poet) and saloon owner
Captain Willard Kittredge, had been indifferent parents and Netta had already been raising the young girl, even before marrying Roscoe. After Daisy died, Williard gave Netta permission to raise Charmian as a
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Charmian later wrote that Netta had been domineering and strict, but the relationship was close. Netta taught
Charmian to be responsible, with a great deal of intellectual and sexual freedom, but extremely disciplined. Netta was not completely altruistic; Charmian had inherited from her parents,
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where Roscoe worked as the business manager, and her niece
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Netta and Roscoe were proponents and practitioners of open marriage and "free love". Then women's suffrage, spiritualism, and free love were strongly connected. Advocates viewed sexual freedom as an expression of self-ownership. Sex laws discriminated against women, including marriage laws and
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Charmian in subjects including literature, geography, and art, resulting in a well-rounded woman with a genuine love for music and the discipline to train herself to become an accomplished pianist, organist and singer. Netta instilled the ideals of feminism, vegetarianism,
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Carpenter Hudson grew up in Ukiah with her parents, A. O. and Helen Carpenter, who ran a photography studio in their Ukiah home. She became associated with local Pomo families. Grace and her husband, ethnologist John W. Hudson documented the lives of the Pomo peoples.
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Netta married her third husband, 72-year-old Fred Springer, in 1937 at age 85, becoming Ninetta Wiley Eames Payne Springer. Their wedding was in Eureka California. After their honeymoon in Northern California, they moved into her home at 1282 Oxford Street, Berkeley.
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on September 26, 1852. She is commonly known as Netta. She is best known as a writer and magazine editor in the late 1800s and early 1900s. As the editor of the San Francisco based
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magazine. However, upon returning Jack was generally disappointed with her performance and some bad decisions.
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756:Davis, Susan E. "Jack London in Love",
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781:Fletcher, W. I., and Bowker R. R.
770:Finacom, Steve (2012) "Berkeley —
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381:"Three Weeks on a Weird Island",
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388:"The Island of San Nicholas",
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367:"The Mystery of Catalina",
353:"Who Died at Weissthurm?",
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888:Biographies of Jack London
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847:Novels and Social Writings
783:Annual Literary Index 1900
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897:, St. Martin's, New York.
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423:"Haunts of Jack London",
128:Charmian Kittredge London
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282:the Cruise of the Snark
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845:London, Jack, 1982,
819:The Log of the Snark
346:"To Shasta's Feet",
275:Subsequent marriages
964:American socialists
881:Jack London's Women
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