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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.

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.

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.

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 repetory company to entertain the troops.

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.

Works

The Traveller Returns (1906) play
Diana of Dobson's (novel, play 1908)
Women’s Votes (1908)
Marriage as a Trade (1909)
How the Vote was Won (1909) play
A Pageant of Great Women (1910) play
Just to Get Married (1911) play
William, an Englishman (1920) novel
The Child in Flanders: A Nativity Play (1922)
The Old Adam (1924) play
The Human Factor (1925)
The Old Vic (1926) with Lilian Baylis
Modern Germanies as seen by an Englishwoman (1931)
Modern Italy as seen by an Englishwoman (1932)
Modern France as seen by an Englishwoman (1933)
Modern Russia, as seen by an Englishwoman (1934)
Modern Austria as seen by an Englishwoman (1935)
Life Errant (1935) autobiography
Modern Ireland as seen by an Englishwoman (1936)
Modern Scotland as seen by an Englishwoman (1937)
Modern England as seen by an Englishwoman (1938)
Modern Sweden. as seen by an Englishwoman (1939)
The Englishwoman (1940)
Lament for Democracy (1940)
The Beggar Prince (1944) play
Holland To-day (1950)

Reference

Lis Whitelaw (1990) The Life & Rebellious Times of Cicely Hamilton

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