Eleanor Fitzsimons Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/tag/eleanor-fitzsimons/ Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:39:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Behind Every Great Man: Lady Jane Wilde https://booksbywomen.org/behind-every-great-man-lady-jane-wilde/ https://booksbywomen.org/behind-every-great-man-lady-jane-wilde/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2015 08:25:15 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14616 When Lady Jane Wilde (1821-1896) learned that her son Oscar’s latest play had the provisional title ‘A Good Woman’, she wrote to express her disapproval: ‘I do not like it- “A Good Woman”. It is mawkish. No one cares for a good woman. “A Noble Woman” would be better,’ she insisted. Oscar renamed his play […]

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