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British journalist, first correspondent to report on World War II [90] Joan Hollobon: 1920–2024: 104: Welsh-born Canadian writer and journalist [91] Edith Iglauer: 1917–2019: 101: American writer [92] William Arthur Irwin: 1898–1999: 101: Canadian journalist and diplomat [93] Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh: 1892–1997: 105: Iranian writer [94 ...
The poem is written in the voice of an old woman in a nursing home who is reflecting upon her life. Crabbit is Scots for "bad-tempered" or "grumpy". The poem appeared in the Nursing Mirror in December 1972 without attribution. Phyllis McCormack explained in a letter to the journal that she wrote the poem in 1966 for her hospital newsletter. [4]
Naomi Long Madgett (July 5, 1923 – November 5, 2020) was an American poet and publisher. Originally a teacher, she later found fame with her award-winning poems and was also the founder and senior editor of Lotus Press, established in 1972, a publisher of poetry books by black poets.
Emilia Lanier (1569–1645), among first Englishwomen to publish a volume of original poems and seek patronage; Anne Ley (c. 1599–1641), English writer, teacher, and polemicist; Anne de Marquets (c. 1533–1588), French poet; Camille de Morel (1547–1611), French poet and writer; Isabella di Morra (c. 1520–1546), Italian poet of the ...
The opening lines "When I am an old woman I shall wear purple, With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me" were the inspiration for the Red Hat Society. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Due to its popularity, an illustrated gift edition of "Warning", first published by Souvenir Press Ltd in 1997, has now been reprinted 41 times. [ 8 ] "
111 years, 221 days: Romanian: Military officer [3] Viola Fletcher: F: May 10, 1914: 110 years, 252 days: American: Survivor of the Tulsa race massacre [4] Anne Baker: F: May 14, 1914: 110 years, 248 days: British: Writer and fundraiser [5] Edith Renfrow Smith: F: July 14, 1914: 110 years, 187 days: American: First African-American woman to ...
Maria Branyas, the oldest woman in the world at 116, has agreed to help Spanish scientists
Swiss painter and draftsman [90] Leonard Manasseh: 1916–2017: 100: British architect [91] Louis Maurer: 1832–1932: 100: German-born American lithographer and printer [92] [93] Richard Mayhew: 1924–2024: 100: American landscape painter, illustrator, and arts educator [94] Doris McCarthy: 1910–2010: 100: Canadian painter [95] Harrison ...