Frances Fitzgerald Elmes (23 April 1867 – 1919) was a British-Australian feminist writer and columnist based in Melbourne and London.
[1][2][3] Frances Fitzgerald Elmes was born in Somerset, England, 23 April 1867.
She emigrated to Australia with her family and was raised in Berwick, Victoria, where her father was a medical practitioner.
Her columns, short stories, two books and a play appeared under a variety of pen names, including F. F. Elmes, Frances Fitzgerald, F. F., and Frances Fitzgerald Fawkner.
[2] In London, Elmes established a relationship with the British Australasian's editor, Charles Henry Chomley (who was married to her close friend Ethel Chomley), during which she is reported to have had two children, a son in 1906 and a daughter in 1908.