Society of Women Writers & Journalists (SWWJ) is a British
learned society
A learned society ( ; also scholarly, intellectual, or academic society) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and sciences. Membership may be open to al ...
for professional women writers.
The society's aims include the "encouragement of literary achievement, the upholding of professional standards, and social contact with fellow writers and others in the field".
[ It was founded as the Society of Women Journalists in 1894 by J. S. Wood, the editor of '']The Gentlewoman
''The Gentlewoman'' was a weekly illustrated paper for women founded in 1890 and published in London.
For its first thirty-six years its full title was ''The Gentlewoman: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Gentlewomen''.Nos. 1 to 1,853 dated bet ...
''. Original members included Mary Frances Billington, Lady Colin Campbell
Georgia Arianna Campbell, Lady Colin Campbell (née Ziadie; born 17 August 1949), also known as Lady C, is a White Jamaicans, British Jamaican author, socialite, and television personality who has published seven unauthorised books about the Br ...
, Mrs. Frank Leslie, Henrietta Stannard, Charlotte O'Conor Eccles, Marie Belloc, Madeline Greenwood, Lady Violet Grevile, and Mrs. Jack Johnson. Charlotte Humphry was the organisation's first president.
Rita Shell
Rita Shell (, Henrietta Shell; in private life, Mrs. John Stewart; nickname
A nickname, in some circumstances also known as a sobriquet, or informally a "moniker", is an informal substitute for the proper name of a person, place, or thing, used ...
served as vice-president.[
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References
External links
Official site
Society of Women Journalists 1894-1914
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1894 establishments in the United Kingdom
Learned societies of the United Kingdom
Organizations for women writers