Occupation Writer and journalist | Nationality Irish | |
Pen name Norah Meade Corcoran,Norah Meade,Norah Corcoran Died 23 January 1954, Grangegorman | ||
Norah Meade Corcoran (1888-23 January 1954) was an Irish journalist and humanitarian.
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Norah Meade was born in Dublin, Ireland to Patrick Meade, a journalist. In 1912, at age 24, she emigrated to the United States of America, on the RMS Lusitania.
She wrote reviews, fiction stories and investigative stories for newspapers and magazines both in Ireland and the USA. She wrote under her maiden and married names, Norah Meade, Norah Corcoran and Norah Meade Corcoran.
While living in Ireland she wrote for such publications as the Weekly Freeman. An example of her work is the critique of Peadar Ua Laoghaire in "The Contemporary Irish National Movement in Literature" in 1910.
Once she moved to the USA she wrote for a wide number of papers and on a wide number of topics. Her New York World (magazine section) column was syndicated in other papers like the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette in Indiana. Meade also wrote freelance for such titles as The Boston Globe.
Meade was involved in the American Relief Administration. She was a witness to the Russian Famine in 1921 and worked with Herbert Hoover to provide relief.
She returned to the United States again after a trip to Europe in 1923 sailing on the RMS Homeric. On this trip she was already married.
While based in the USA Meade also worked with Harry Gilchriese on publicity for the Girl Scouts of America from 1929-1937. She wrote articles for the Girl Scouts which appeared across the country.
Meade returned to Ireland in 1952 and was living in Dublin until her death in 1954.