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<div>'''Cicely Mary Hamilton''' ([[15 June]] [[1872]] – [[6 December]], [[1952]]), born '''Hammill''', was an English actress, writer, journalist, [[suffragist]] and [[feminist]]. She is now best known for the play ''Diana of Dobson's'', with a setting in an [[Edwardian]] [[department store]].<br />
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She was born in [[Paddington]], London and educated in [[Malvern]]. After a short spell in teaching she acted in a touring company. Then she wrote drama, including feminist themes, and enjoyed a period of success in the commercial theatre.<br />
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In 1908 she founded with [[Bessie Hatton]] the [[Women Writers' Suffrage League]]. This grew to around 400 members, including [[Ivy Compton-Burnett]], [[Sarah Grand]], [[Violet Hunt]], [[Marie Belloc Lowndes]], [[Alice Meynell]], [[Olive Schreiner]], [[Evelyn Sharp]], [[May Sinclair]], [[Margaret L. Woods]]. It produced campaigning literature, written by Sinclair amongst others, and recruited many prominent male supporters.<br />
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During [[World War I]] she initially worked in the organisation of nursing care, and then joined the army as an auxiliary. Later she formed a repertory company to entertain the troops.<br />
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After the war, she wrote as a freelance journalist, particularly on [[birth control]], and as a playwright for the Birmingham Repertory Company. In 1938 she was given a Civil List pension.<br />
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==Works==<br />
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*''The Traveller Returns'' (1906) play<br />
*''Diana of Dobson's'' (novel, play 1908)<br />
*''Women’s Votes'' (1908)<br />
*''Marriage as a Trade'' (1909)<br />
*''How the Vote was Won'' (1909) play <br />
*''A Pageant of Great Women'' (1910) play<br />
*''Just to Get Married'' (1911) play<br />
*''William, an Englishman'' (1920) novel<br />
*''The Child in Flanders: A Nativity Play'' (1922) <br />
*''The Old Adam'' (1924) play<br />
*''The Human Factor'' (1925) <br />
*''The Old Vic'' (1926) with [[Lilian Baylis]]<br />
*''Modern Germanies as seen by an Englishwoman'' (1931)<br />
*''Modern Italy as seen by an Englishwoman'' (1932)<br />
*''Modern France as seen by an Englishwoman'' (1933)<br />
*''Modern Russia, as seen by an Englishwoman'' (1934)<br />
*''Modern Austria as seen by an Englishwoman'' (1935)<br />
*''Life Errant'' (1935) autobiography<br />
*''Modern Ireland as seen by an Englishwoman'' (1936)<br />
*''Modern Scotland as seen by an Englishwoman'' (1937)<br />
*''Modern England as seen by an Englishwoman'' (1938)<br />
*''Modern Sweden. as seen by an Englishwoman'' (1939)<br />
*''The Englishwoman'' (1940)<br />
*''Lament for Democracy'' (1940) <br />
*''The Beggar Prince'' (1944) play<br />
*''Holland To-day'' (1950)<br />
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==Reference==<br />
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*Lis Whitelaw (1990) ''The Life & Rebellious Times of Cicely Hamilton''<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1956 page at Literary Encyclopedia]<br />
*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWhamiltonC.htm page at Spartacus]<br />
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[[Category:Women of the Victorian era|Hamilton, Cicely]]<br />
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