International Association of Lyceum Clubs

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Theme or Topic Treated in Text Constance Smedley
This book gives a stimulating account of the amazingly energetic theatrical activity undertaken and carried through by CS and her husband in rural, urban, and university communities in England and the USA. It closes on...
Occupation Constance Smedley
CS issued notice of elections to appoint the Provisional Committee of her projected London International Lyceum Club , to realize her vision of a social institution for professional women of limited means.
International Association of Lyceum Clubs. http://www.lyceumclub.org/en/history.htm.
Occupation Constance Smedley
On her twenty-eighth birthday, CS 's London International Lyceum Club opened in magnificent premises
Bowe, Nicola Gordon. “Constance and Maxwell Armfield: An American Interlude 1915-1922”. The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, Vol.
14
, pp. 6-27.
9n14
at 128 Piccadilly (having nearly settled for leasing space over Lyons Cafe).
Bowe, Nicola Gordon. “Constance and Maxwell Armfield: An American Interlude 1915-1922”. The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, Vol.
14
, pp. 6-27.
9n14
Smedley, Constance, and Maxwell Armfield. Crusaders. Chatto & Windus.
67
Textual Production Constance Smedley
Having marked the beginning of her Lyceum Club work with An April Princess, CS marked its ending with another novel, The June Princess, a sober meditation on the experience of public life.
TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
(18 February 1909): 57
Brockington, Grace. “&A World Fellowship&: The Founding of the International Lyceum Club for Women Artists and Writers”. Lyceum Club.
3
Family and Intimate relationships Constance Smedley
CS 's sister Ida shared her acting talent and her feminist principles, but her interests diverged from those of Constance when, after holding the first science scholarship at Newnham , she decided on a career...
Friends, Associates Constance Smedley
In Birmingham CS had become friendly with Coulson Kernahan , through whom she also met Flora Klickmann . Edgar Pemberton brought her acquainted with theatrical figures she deeply admired: Sir Charles Wyndham , and Mary Moore
Friends, Associates Elizabeth von Arnim
EA met Hugh Walpole after receiving a fan letter he sent her in 1907. They met for tea at the Lyceum Club , a London women's social club that had been inaugurated by Constance Smedley
Occupation Anna Wickham
She did, however, occasionally perform after her marriage, singing at venues such as the Lyceum Club .
Wickham, Anna et al. “Fragment of an Autobiography: Prelude to a Spring Clean”. The Writings of Anna Wickham Free Woman and Poet, edited by Reginald Donald Smith, Virago Press, pp. 51-157.
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