Shirley Meredeen

Shirley L. Meredeen (née Lewis; 10 June 1930 – 30 November 2022) was a British journalist and activist. She was a founding member of Growing Old Disgracefully.[1][2][3][4][5]

Biography

Shirley Lewis Meredeen was born in Newington Green, north London, on 10 June 1930.[1] Her parents came to the UK from Russia in 1900 as Refugees.[1] She left school at 17 and worked at the News Chronicle in Fleet Street as a secretary. She did the women's pages in country newspapers and became a chief reporter. She acquired a degree at 41, worked as a student councillor and wrote books.[1]

After retiring, she with Madeleine Levius founded Growing Old Disgracefully.[2]

Meredeen was honoured in BBC'S 100 Women in 2013.[6]

Meredeen died on 30 November 2022, at the age of 92.[7][8]

References
  1. Barnicoat, Becky (19 February 2010). "Good to meet you: Shirley Meredeen". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  2. "Sixty, female and all living under one roof (just don't call it a commune)". The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  3. Bedell, Geraldine (10 June 2010). "The fight for older women's cohousing". Agebomb. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  4. Kellaway, Kate; Buchan, Kit; Deveney, Catherine; McFadden, Linsey (28 February 2016). "10 ways to beat loneliness". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  5. "Pollard Thomas Edwards completes UK's first over 50s co-housing scheme". Dezeen. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  6. "100 Women: Who took part?". BBC News. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  7. Martin Meredeen, Elena (22 December 2022). "Shirley Meredeen obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  8. "A tribute to Shirley Meredeen, founder of New Ground from Maria Brenton". UK Cohousing. Retrieved 22 December 2022.


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