International Association of Lyceum Clubs

Ada Cross (who was by now, under her birth name of Ada Cambridge , a well-regarded author) became the first president of the Women Writers' Club in Williamstown, Australia.

In the New Forest they set up a theatrical summer school, which ran for three seasons. They attracted students from all over the world. At the same period they began publishing textbooks on their theatrical...

She regularly held membership in a London club, belonging in the 1920s to the Lyceum Club and the Writers' Club , and later to the Ladies' Carlton Club .

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

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

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...

They had known each other as students at Birmingham Art School, and met again in 1907 when he designed the decor for a special dinner which CS gave at the Lyceum Club .

She was buried in Brighton Cemetery in Melbourne, survived by her daughter and son. An obituary in the newspaper Argus commended her involvement in the Women Writers' Club , citing her invaluable advice [to]...