Isabel Priestley

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Isabel Emma Priestley (died 28 July 1927) was a British journalist and socialist activist.

Priestley was the daughter of Major Arthur Gore Priestley and Emma née Righy.[1]

Priestley worked for the Review of Reviews in the early 1890s, then from 1892 for the Fabian Society in 1892. In 1893, she also joined the Fabians as a member and, although she moved to work for The Sun in 1895, she served on the executive of the Fabian Society from 1896 until 1898.[2]

In October 1897, Priestley married Bart Kennedy.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Henry Biddall Swanzy, The Families of French of Belturbet and Nixon of Fermanagh and Their Descendants (Dublin, 1908), p. 56
  2. ^ "The executive by-election". Fabian News. December 1895.