Jill Tweedie
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| Born | Jill Sheila Tweedie 22 May 1936 Cairo, Egypt |
| Died | 12 November 1993 (aged 57) London, England |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist, broadcaster |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | Bela Cziraky (m. 1954) Robert d'Ancona (m. 1963) Alan Brien (m. 1973) |
| Children | 3 |
Jill Sheila Tweedie (22 May 1936 – 12 November 1993) was a British feminist, writer and broadcaster. She was educated at the independent Croydon High School in Croydon, South London. She wrote a column in The Guardian on feminist issues (1969–1988),[1] "Letters from a faint-hearted feminist", and an autobiography entitled Eating Children (1993). She succeeded Mary Stott as a principal columnist on The Guardian's women's page.
Her light style and left-leaning politics captured the spirit of British feminism in the 1970s and 1980s. In November 2005 she was one of only five women included in the Press Gazette's 40-strong gallery of most influential British journalists.
She was married three times, to the Hungarian Count Bela Cziraky, to Bob d'Ancona, and finally to journalist
She is commemorated in a group portrait at the
References
- ^ Department, Research (2 June 2011). "10 November 1975: Guardian columnist Jill Tweedie says sex is boring". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ^ Belfrage, Sally (13 November 1993). "Obituary: Jill Tweedie". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022.
- ^ Forgan, Liz (17 April 2000). "For the love of a faint hearted feminist". The Guardian. London.
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