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Bessie Rayner Parkes

British writer, editor.

Born June 16th, 1829 in Birmingham. [ref]

Died March 29th, 1925 at 95 years old in Slindon. [ref]

Occupations
editor, journalist, photographer, poet, women's rights activist, writer

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. Madeleine L'Engle