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Inez Haynes Gillmore
| Full Name: |
Inez
Haynes
Gilllmore |
| Born: |
March 2, 1873
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died: |
September 25, 1970
Scituate, Massachusetts, USA |
| Occupation: |
Writer, Journalist, Politician |
| Nationality: |
American |
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Biography
Inez Haynes Irwin was an American feminist author, journalist, member of the National Women's Party, and president of the Authors Guild. Many of her works were published under her former name Inez Haynes Gillmore. She wrote over 40 books and was active in the suffragist movement in the early 1900s. Irwin was a "rebellious and daring woman", but referred to herself as "the most timid of created beings".
Apart from the non-fiction works, she published over 30 novels, including Angel Island (1914), a "radical feminist Swiftian fantasy" about a group of men stranded on an island occupied by winged women. Angel Island was republished 1988 as a "classic of early feminist literature" with an introduction by science fiction and fantasy author Ursula K. Le Guin. Her fiction often addressed feminist issues and the plight of women, including divorce, single parenthood and problems in the workplace.
Her 16-book "Maida" series of children's books was written over a period of 45 years, and tells the story of a school girl whose mother has died and whose father is very wealthy.
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