Susan Yeats

Susan Yeats

Susan Mary Yeats (1866 – 1949), known as Lily, was born in County Sligo, Ireland. She was the daughter of John Butler Yeats and the sister of W. B., Jack and Elizabeth Yeats. She taught art in London and became involved in the Arts and Crafts movement, working as assistant to May Morris. Returning to Dublin in 1900, she joined her sister and Evelyn Gleeson in the Dun Emer Guild.

References

* [http://www.trentu.ca/library/archives/zyperson.htm#lilyeats Susan Yeats at Trent University Archives]

Further reading

* Hardwick, Joan. "The Yeats Sisters : A Biography of Susan and Elizabeth Yeats". (HarperCollins. Pandora, 1996). ISBN 0-04-440924-9.
* William M. Murphy. "Family Secrets: Wiliam Butler Yeats and His Relatives." Syracuse University Press, 1995.

External links

* [http://www.nli.ie/yeats/ Dun Emer and Cuala Press publications explored in National Library of Ireland exhibition]


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