Agnes Macdonell (née Harrison; c. 1840 - 20 January 1925) was a British writer and journalist.

Biography

Agnes Macdonell was the daughter of Daniel Harrison of Shirley House, Beckenham. She lived in the United States of America during the

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period. In 1873, she married

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and, according to her obituary in ''The Times'', "was her husband's right hand in all his work, bringing to this her swift sympathy of mind and wise judgment". The Macdonells had two daughters. Macdonell was a keen Shakespeare student, and well-read. She published many novels, including ''Quaker Cousins'', ''For the King's Dues'', and ''Martin's Vineyard'', and contributed many stories and articles to '' The Contemporary Review'' and ''

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''. She is listed as a suffragist in ''The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain and Ireland: A Regional Survey''.

Publications

* ''Martin's Vineyard'' (1872) * ''For the King's Dues'' (1874) * ''Quaker Cousins'' (1879) in 3 vols. *
Macdonell, James (1841-1879)
' in the

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"America Then and Now: Recollections of Lincoln"
in ''The Contemporary Review'' (May 1917)

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* 1925 deaths 19th-century British novelists 19th-century British women writers British suffragists Year of birth uncertain Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{UK-writer-stub