Frances Fairchild
(???? – ????)
Frances[1] Fairchild was a fan from Los Angeles active in the 1930s. She was a member of the Los Angeles Science Fiction League (LASFL) and the UK’s Science Fiction Association (SFA).
In T. Bruce Yerke's Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan (1943) she is listed as attending a LASFL meeting on August 19, 1937. She is also listed amongst the “Scientifictionists” in the Nycon 1 official souvenir journal of 1939 although it seems she did not attend the convention itself.
She is profiled in Imagination #7 (April 1938) where she is trumpeted as the “first feminine member of the LASFL”:
Irish & Pacifist! Blondy began to read stf in ’27 while in hi school, Seattle/Wash. Has kept quite a collection; of bks, featuring entire set 1st edit. Haggard! Agrees with Yerke: “Ast has deteriorated.” Rather likes Weird, Jirel of Joiry being her favorite. Stf choices: Moon Pool, Ray Cummings’ “White Invaders”. Best-liked fantascience fictionists; Kuttner & Moore. Pet Peeve: Constitution of LASFL. Also, “Agin Ackermanese.” Most enjoyed scientifilm Things to Come, Just Imagine close 2d. Politics? None in particular. Believes in Women's Rights “—& plenty of ’em!” Professing very few illusions, is “very muchly a Materialist.” Trained nurse studying to be a Doc, Fran's ambition is “to be the greatest bacteriologist in the country, a nice nasty new disease named after me!”
In Horizons #93 (February 1963), Harry Warner wondered, “Feminine fans: Was Frances Fairchild the first who didn’t sneak in as a girlfriend, wife or sister?” although she wasn’t mentioned in All Our Yesterdays (1969) at all.
| Person | ????—???? |
| This is a biography page. Please extend it by adding more information about the person, such as fanzines and apazines published, awards, clubs, conventions worked on, GoHships, impact on fandom, external links, anecdotes, etc. See Standards for People and The Naming of Names. |
- ↑ Her first name is given as ‘Francis’ in some contemporary references but ‘Frances’ is the more usual female spelling.
