Edith Simcox


Edith Jemima Simcox was a British writer, trade union activist, and early feminist. She began her writing career as a reviewer, publishing criticism under the pseudonym "H. Lawrenny," including an important review of the Memoir of Jane Austen. In 1875 she and Emma Paterson became the first women to attend the Trades Union Congress as delegates. She lived at 60 Dean Street, London. From 1879-1882 she was a member of the London School Board representing Westminster.
A lesbian, she had an admiring and passionate, yet physically unrequited relationship with the older George Eliot. George Augustus Simcox and William Henry Simcox were her brothers.

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