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Hamilton, Cicely (1872–1952) By Cockin, Katharine M.

DOI: 10.4324/9781135000356-REM264-1
Published: 09/05/2016
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Cicely Hamilton, lesbian actor, author, and women’s suffrage activist, is best known for her plays Diana of Dobson’s (1908), exposing exploitation in the retail trade, How the Vote Was Won (1909), a suffrage comedy co-authored with Christopher St. John, and A Pageant of Great Women, which raised consciousness about women’s history in productions across Britain from 1909 to 1912. Hamilton also wrote nondramatic works, including the political tract Marriage as a Trade (1909) and the novel William, An Englishman (1919), which was inspired by her experience of wartime France. Hamilton’s prolific writing career reflects her wide-ranging interests, political commitments, and sense of public duty; her plays exemplify the intersection of Feminism and theater in the early 20th century.

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Cockin, Katharine M.. Hamilton, Cicely (1872–1952). Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rem.routledge.com/articles/hamilton-cicely-1872-1952.

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