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Ena Fitzgerald MacMillan
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(1922)
BornGeorgina Fitzgerald-Galaher
5 October 1889
Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
Died10 January 1962
Pen nameEna Fitzgerald
Occupation
  • journalist
  • writer
PeriodEdwardian era
Genre
  • novels
  • poems
  • short stories
Notable worksPatcola
Spouse
James Alison Macmillan
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(m. 1925)​
RelativesEdward FitzGerald

Ena Fitzgerald was the pen name of Georgina Fitzgerald-Galaher (after marriage, Georgina Fitzgerald MacMillan; 1889–1962), an English journalist and author. She served as the editor of various magazines and was a correspondent for various newspapers. Earlier in life, she wrote novels, poems, and short stories.[1][2] Her novel, Patcola, received considerable praise as being the first work of a teenager.[3][4][5]

Early life and education

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Georgina Fitzgerald-Galaher was born on 5 October 1889, near Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was the only child of Rev. George Fitzgerald-Galaher, M.A., litterateur (formerly of Dublin), by his second marriage.[1] Her mother was from Yorkshire.[6] She was a descendant of Edward FitzGerald, the translator of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.[3]

She was educated in the Isle of Wight.[1]

Career

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Under the name of "Ena Fitzgerald",[7] she published Patcola : An Indian Romance, written at the age of 17, and published in 1908. This was followed by The Witch Queen of Khem : the Tale of a Wrong made Right (1909), a romance story of Egypt. Both books were well received by very critics in Great Britain, India, Egypt, Australia, and South Africa.[1] And the Stars Fought, an Isle of Wight romance, came out in 1912.[8]

Fitzgerald contributed to children's literature with short stories for In the Lion's Mouth and Where Duty Calls or Danger, which were a series of books for children, edited by Alfred Henry Miles.[9] She contributed the short story, "War Scouots at Tripoli" to With Hunter, Trapper and Scout in Camp and Field, another book in the A. H. Miles series.[10]

Her poems were published in Arnell's Poets of the Wight (1922)[1] and C. F. Forshaw's Pearls of Poesy (1911).[11] She also contributed magazine articles,[1] to the Chicago Tribune (Paris edition), Liverpool Post, Yorkshire Evening Post,[12] Dancing Times,[13] and others.

In 1926–29, Fitzgerald served as the editor of Yorkshire Homes, published by Gordon Chambers, County Homes Journals, Ltd.[12] She was a correspondent for the Drapers' Record and Men's Wear and Yorkshire correspondent to the Dancing Times.[5][6] Beginning in 1946, she was a correspondent for New Theatre Magazine.[12] Fitzgerald served as honorary secretary of the Yorkshire District Institute of Journalists.[14]

Fitzgerald gave lectures, and was the first woman to be a member of the Isle of Wight Aero Club.[15]

Personal life

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In 1911, she was living at Newport,[11] in Shanklin in 1913,[15] and in Wroxall in 1922.[1] Two years later, her address was: Hotel D'Angleterre, 38 Faubourg St Honore, Paris.[16]

In 1925, she married the engineer James Alison Macmillan,[17] F.C.W.A.,[5] in Croydon, Surrey.[18]

A widow,[5] Georgina Fitzgerald MacMillan died 10 January 1962.[2][19]

Selected works

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Novels

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  • Patcola: A Tale of a Dead City (1908)
  • The Witch Queen of Khem: A Tale of a Wrong Made Right, (1909)
  • And the Stars Fought: A Romance (1912)

Poems

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  • "Questions"
  • "Marching Song"
  • "The Exile - Serbia's Sorrow"

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Markland, Russell (1922). "Ena Fitzgerald". In Arnell, Charles John (ed.). Poets of the Wight: An Anthology of Vectensian Poets, Namely of Poets Native to Or Otherwise Identified with the Isle of Wight, with Selections from Their Work and Prefactory Introductions and Portraits. County Press. pp. 92–98. Retrieved 20 December 2023 – via Internet Archive. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ a b "Ena Fitzgerald". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Visit of Miss Ena Fitzgerald". The Surrey Advertiser, County Times. 7 February 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 20 December 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ "From Messrs. Greening's List". The Nation. Vol. 6. Speaker Publishing Company. 9 October 1909. p. 99. Retrieved 20 December 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ a b c d Who was who Among English and European Authors, 1931-1949: Based on Entries which First Appeared in The Author's and Writer's Who's who & Reference Guide Originally Compiled by Edward Martell and L.G. Pine and in Who's who Among Living Authors of Older Nations, Originally Compiled by Alberta Lawrence. Gale Research Company. 1978. p. 921. ISBN 978-0-8103-0040-8. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  6. ^ a b Institute of Journalists (Great Britain) (1951). The Journal. Vol. 39. Institute of Journalists. p. 167. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  7. ^ Mossman, Jennifer (1981). New Pseudonyms and Nicknames: Supplement to the Third Edition of Pseudonyms and Nicknames Dictionary : a Guide to Aliases, Appellations ... Gale Research Company. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-8103-0548-9. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Publications of the Month". The Literary World: Choice Readings from the Best New Books, with Critical Revisions. Vol. 78, no. 1924. London: James Clarke & Company. 1 February 1912. p. 62. Retrieved 20 December 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  9. ^ Horn, Kate (1915). Because of Phœbe. S. Paul. p. 17. Retrieved 20 December 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  10. ^ "With Hunter, Trapper and Scout in Camp and Field". The Author. Vol. 24, no. 7. Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights, and Composers. 1 April 1914. p. 190. Retrieved 20 December 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  11. ^ a b Forshaw, Charles Frederick (1911). Pearls of Poesy: A Biographical Birthday Book of Popular Poets of the Period at the Time of the Coronation of King George and Queen Mary. Elliot Stock. p. 295. Retrieved 20 December 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  12. ^ a b c Meredith, Mark (1934). Who's who in Literature. Literary Year Books Press. pp. 91, 151, 265. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Folk Dancing in Yorkshire, by Ena Fitzgerald Macmillan". Dancing Times. Dancing Times. 1939. p. 523. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Staff news". Newspaper World. No. 2191. Newspaper world. 1940. p. 5. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  15. ^ a b Hargrove, Ethel C. (1913). Wanderings in the Isle of Wight. Melrose. p. 303. Retrieved 20 December 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  16. ^ Meredith, Mark (1924). Who's who in Literature. Literary Year Books Press. p. 139. Retrieved 20 December 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  17. ^ "Wedding, Ena Fitzgerald & James Alison Macmillan". Birmingham Gazette. 6 November 1925. p. 1. Retrieved 20 December 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  18. ^ "Fitzgerald-Galaher". familysearch.org. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  19. ^ Institute of Journalists (Great Britain) (1962). "The president writes". The Journal. Vol. 50. Institute of Journalists. p. 28. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
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