Shirley Meredeen

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

Biography

Shirley Lucille 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 1 November 2022, at the age of 92.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Barnicoat, Becky (19 February 2010). "Good to meet you: Shirley Meredeen". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b "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. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.


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