Jill Tweedie
Jill Tweedie | |
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 Tweedie in 1972 | |
| Born | Jill Sheila Tweedie 22 May 1936 Cairo, Egypt |
| Died | 12 November 1993(aged 57) London, England |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist, broadcaster |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | Bela Cziraky (m. 1954) Robert d'Ancona (m. 1963) Alan Brien(m. 1973) |
| Children | 3 |
Jill Sheila Tweedie(22 May 1936 – 12 November 1993) was a Britishfeminist,writer and broadcaster. She was educated at the independentCroydon High SchoolinCroydon,South London. She wrote a column inThe Guardianon feminist issues (1969–1988),[1]"Letters from a faint-hearted feminist", and an autobiography entitledEating Children(1993). She succeededMary Stottas a principal columnist onThe Guardian'swomen's page.
Her light style and left-leaning politics captured the spirit of British feminism in the 1970s and 1980s. In November 2005 she was one of only five women included in thePress Gazette's40-strong gallery of most influential British journalists.
She was married three times, to the Hungarian Count Bela Cziraky, to Bob d'Ancona, and finally to journalistAlan Brien,her partner until her death frommotor neurone diseasein 1993.[2]
She is commemorated in a group portrait at theNational Portrait Gallerywith fellowGuardianWomen's Page contributorsMary Stott,Polly Toynbee,Posy SimmondsandLiz Forgan.[3]
References
[edit]- ^Department, Research (2 June 2011)."10 November 1975: Guardian columnist Jill Tweedie says sex is boring".The Guardian.London.Retrieved28 September2012.
- ^Belfrage, Sally (13 November 1993)."Obituary: Jill Tweedie".The Independent.London.Archivedfrom the original on 8 June 2022.
- ^Forgan, Liz (17 April 2000)."For the love of a faint hearted feminist".The Guardian.London.
