Rosalind Travers Hyndman

Rosalind Travers Hyndman (1874 – 7 April 1923) was an English poet, writer, suffragist, and socialist. John Amory Travers was an Army officer, who attained the rank of colonel. Raised in a comfortable home, Tortington House, Arundel, Sussex, Rosalind was drawn into politics through the women's suffrage movement. Reviewing it in Twentieth Century, Dowden wrote:If we were to classify certain poets into two groups, those who sink deeper and deeper through beauty towards its centre, like Keats, and those who, like Shelley, mount towards beauty from level to level of clear air, the writer of these poems must be ranked among the spirits who climb or soar.

In 1908, Travers travelled to Finland, developing a sympathy for the Finnish struggle against Russian rule. Travers wrote admiringly of Finland, known for its educational achievements and positive record with regards to women's rights. For Travers, in this latter respect, Finland could be seen as "the only civilised country in Europe".

On 14 May 1914, aged 39, Travers married Henry Hyndman. It was said that Rosalind's "ardent support for the Finnish cause reinforced his own lifelong concern for oppressed nationalities". He dedicated The Awakening of Asia (1919) to her.

Hyndman died on 22 November 1921 aged 79. In 1923, Travers published a memoir of the last decade of her husband's life: The Last Years of H. M. Hyndman. Her will stated that her estate be devoted to such causes as would keep H. M. Hyndman's legacy alive, alongside £600 to be divided among members of the Social Democratic Federation in need. As a result, a pamphlet called Introduction to 'The Life to Come''' was published - the preface of a work unfinished at his death. In the course of his address, Gould said:She was, in the finest sense, a citizen of the world, and her heart burned In service of the idea of liberation.