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21 Nov 2009

Alice Meynell (1847-1922)


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Alice Meynell (1847-1922) was born in England, but spent much of her youth in Italy. She converted to Roman Catholicism in 1877 at the age of 25, and married the editor of a catholic newspaper, Wilfrid Meynell in 1877. Her sister Mimi was the first of the family to find fame with her picture of the Crimean War which drew large crowds when it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in London. And it was with the aid of Mimi's illustrations to her first volume of poetry in 1875 that Alice was able to launch her career in writing. She went on to have both a successful career in journalism, and also have eight children. In the early decades of the twentieth century Alice worked committedly for the Women's Suffrage Movement; and her collected poems were published to acclaim in 1913.


 
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