Mary de Morgan, the daughter of an abolitionist and a mathematician, lived from 1850 to 1907. She was a suffragette, a socialist sympathizer, and a social worker among the girls of London’s East End. She also had a reputation for tactlessness, which is about what you’d expect from someone born into a family of intellectuals, non-conformists, and dissenters. De Morgan penned a two-volume novel called A Choice of Chance written under the pseudonym of William Dodson; but it was her fairy tales that she’s best known for. Her collections include On a Pincushion, The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde, and The Windfairies.