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Meigs, Mary
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1917-2002
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Mary Meigs was born in Philadephia but grew up in Washington DC. She studied at Bryn Mawr College, graduating in 1939 and later taught English Literature and Creative Writing. After World War II, she studied Art in New York. Meig's partner was the author Barbara Deming, and Meigs was instrumental in helping administer and support The Money for Women Fund, founded by Barbara Deming to support the work of feminist artists. After Deming died in 1984, the organization was renamed the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund. Today, the foundation is the "oldest ongoing feminist granting agency" which "gives encouragement and grants to individual feminists in the arts (writers, and visual artists)." In the 1970s, Meigs turned to writing, publishing books such as Lily Briscoe: A Self-Portrait (1981), The Medusa Head (1983) and The Box Closet (1987). In addition to writing, she became a prominent spokesperson for lesbian, feminist, and seniors' issues in Canada. She died in Montreal in 2002.
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Unknown Authors, Mary Meigs, Wikipedia, last edited 5 May 2022, accessed July 2022.