Norah Meade Explained

Norah Meade Corcoran
Pseudonym:Norah Meade Corcoran,
Norah Meade,
Norah Corcoran
Birth Date:1888
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Death Date:23 January 1954
Death Place:Grangegorman, Ireland
Occupation:Writer and journalist

Norah Meade Corcoran (1888-23 January 1954) was an Irish journalist and humanitarian.[1]

Career

Norah Meade was born in Dublin, Ireland, to Patrick Meade, a journalist. In 1912, at age 24, she emigrated to the United States on the .

She wrote reviews, fiction stories and investigative stories for newspapers and magazines both in Ireland and the United States.[2] She wrote under her maiden and married names, Norah Meade, Norah Corcoran and Norah Meade Corcoran.[3] [4] [5]

While living in Ireland she wrote for such publications as the Weekly Freeman. An example of her work is the critique of Peadar Ua Laoghaire in "The Contemporary Irish National Movement in Literature" in 1910.[6]

Once she moved to the US, she wrote for a wide number of papers and on a wide number of topics. Her New York World (magazine section) column was syndicated in other papers like the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette in Indiana. Meade also wrote freelance for such titles as The Boston Globe.

Meade was involved in the American Relief Administration. She was a witness to the Russian Famine in 1921 and worked with Herbert Hoover to provide relief.[7] [8]

She returned to the United States again after a trip to Europe in 1923 sailing on the RMS Homeric. On this trip she was already married.[9]

While based in the US Meade also worked with Harry Gilchriese on publicity for the Girl Scouts of the USA from 1929 to 1937.[10] [11] She wrote articles for the Girl Scouts which appeared across the country.[12] [13]

Meade returned to Ireland in 1952 and was living in Dublin until her death in 1954.[10]

Reviews and articles

Notes and References

  1. 40094124. 29 . 2 . 158–162 . Jstor.org . Literary Landmarks of 1954 . 1955 . University of Oklahoma .
  2. Web site: Hamilton Daily News Journal, August 9, 1938, Page 11 . Newspaperarchive.com . 9 August 1938 . October 11, 2016.
  3. Web site: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, March 21, 1915, Page 23 . Newspaperarchive.com . 21 March 1915 . October 11, 2016.
  4. Web site: Boston Globe, May 21, 1916, Page 137 . Newspaperarchive.com . 21 May 1916 . October 11, 2016.
  5. Web site: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, January 28, 1917, Page 2 . Newspaperarchive.com . 28 January 1917 . October 11, 2016.
  6. Book: Philip O'Leary. The Prose Literature of the Gaelic Revival, 1881-1921: Ideology and Innovation. 20 July 2005. Penn State Press. 0-271-04440-3. 105–.
  7. Web site: Register of the American Relief Administration Russian Operational Records, 1919-1925 . Online Archive . October 12, 2016.
  8. Web site: Only America Can Rescue These Tiny Refugees . Asbury Park Press (New Jersey) . January 4, 1921 . 12 October 2016 . Norah Meade . 3.
  9. Web site: The Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island . Libertyellisfoundation.org . October 11, 2016.
  10. News: Obituary . New York Times . 1954.
  11. Web site: Publicity Committee organised with Howard Acton as Chairman . National Thrift News . 1931 . 12 October 2016 . 2.
  12. Web site: First Girls' Scout Camp Was Started Back In 1913 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012224724/http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031165/1934-08-01/ed-1/seq-12.pdf. 12 Oct 2016. Ny historic newspapers . 1 August 1934 . October 12, 2016.
  13. Web site: The Indiana Gazette from Indiana, Pennsylvania · Page 11 . Indiana Gazette . 6 March 1933 . October 12, 2016.
  14. Book: Barbara Levine. Works about John Dewey, 1886-1995. 1996. SIU Press. 978-0-8093-2058-5. 448–.
  15. Book: Robert Deming. James Joyce. Volume 2: 1928-41. 1 June 2002. Routledge. 978-1-134-72391-1. 780–.

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