Edith Anna Somerville

Edith Anna Somerville

Country

Ireland

Birth - Death

1858 - 1949

Occupation

Writer

Description

Novelist who, along wither her partner Violet Martin, wrote fourteen stories under the pseudonym 'Somerville and Ross'. Suffragette. Books include 'The Real Charlotte' (1899), and 'The Experiences of an Irish R. M.' (1899). Artist, and illustrator of sporting and children's books. Also known as Edith Somerville.

See Also

• LGBTQ Ireland
• LGBTQ Activists in Suffragette Organizations

Further Reading/Research

• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Somerville-and-Ross#ref739392
• http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-36190
• http://biography.yourdictionary.com/edith-anna-oenone-somerville
• http://andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fam/bios5/somerv01.html

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