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Bradford, Columbus

(1860-1949) US Methodist Episcopal Church minister, founder of a children's home, and author whose nonfiction Birth: A New Chance (1901) espouses – controversially in terms of his faith – a form of Reincarnation. His novel Terrania: or, The Feminization of the World (1930) posits a Near Future Aristophanean strike by women against marriage until War is ended; the victorious leader of the strike becomes World President in 1950, heading a government in which the franchise for men is dependent upon their voting for women (see Feminism). The planet henceforth enjoys peace. [JC]

Columbus A M Bradford

born Licking, Missouri: 7 October 1860

died Licking, Missouri: 18 December 1949

works

• Terrania: or, The Feminization of the World (Boston, Massachusetts: The Christopher Publishing House, 1930) [hb/nonpictorial]

nonfiction (selected)

• Birth: A New Chance (Chicago, Illinois: A C McClurg and Company, 1901) [nonfiction: hb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 03:04 am on 12 May 2026.
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