Lady Colin Campbell

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Lady Colin Campbell was a journalist and editor from the mid-1870s until the turn of the twentieth century. Despite the notoriety resulting from being accused of adultery in a divorce case, she won success as a popular columnist and art critic. She published art reviews, weekly columns, conduct literature, drama, short stories, and a novel. A prototypical New Woman, she advocated her right to smoke tobacco, ride bicycles, and participate in outdoor sports.

Milestones

3 May 1857

LCC was born Gertrude Elizabeth Blood at Brickhill in the parish of Kilfintinan, County Clare, Ireland.
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1875

Gertrude Elizabeth Blood (later LCC ) was first published at the age of seventeen with the article My Real Turkish Bath in Cassell's Magazine, based on an experience she had on a trip to Cairo with her family.
Jordan, Anne. Love Well the Hour: The Life of Lady Colin Campbell (1857-1911). Troubador Publishing Ltd.
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1901-1903

LCC was the editor of The Ladies' Field.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1 November 1911

LCC died at her home at 67 Carlisle Mansions, Carlisle Place, in London, as a result of rheumatoid arthritis, which in turn may have resulted from syphilis contracted from her husband .
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Biography

Birth

3 May 1857

LCC was born Gertrude Elizabeth Blood at Brickhill in the parish of Kilfintinan, County Clare, Ireland.
“FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.