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Clemence Housman

English author and illustrator (–)

Clemence Annie Housman (23 November – 6 December ) was an author, illustrator and activist in the women's suffrage movement.

Clemence was born in Ckemence's birth was registered in in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1]. In the census Clemence age 19 was the unmarried daughter of Edward Housman in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England. In the census return Clemence's brother Laurence's name only appears on the return.

She was the sister of A. E. Housman and Laurence Housman. Her novels included The Were-Wolf, Unknown Sea and The Life of Sir Aglovale De Galis.[1] She was also a leading figure in the suffragette movement.[2]

Life

Clemence was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.[3] She went to the South London Institution of Technical Art in where she learned, among other things, wood-engraving.[4] She worked for a time as an engraver for illustrated papers such as The Graphic.[4]

In she subscribed to the Women's Social and Political Union, and in she was a co-founder, with her brother Laurence Housman, of the Suffrage Atelier.[4] Here, she made banners for the suffrage movement between and ,[4] with her brother characterizing how she "wore herself out" sitting on the floor and doing needlework for the cause.[5] She also created designs for publications of the WSPU's Women's Press, ran print making workshops for fellow suffrage campaigners to print literature and organised exhibitions.[6]

In Houseman became a member of the committee of the Women's Tax Resistance League.[4] She also boycotted the census, writing "No Vote No Census Clemence Housman" across her form.[7] She was arrested on 30 September for non-payment of her taxes.[2] She was sent to Holloway Prison, but she was released after just one week following protests and demonstrations by her supporters.[4]

She lived with her brother Laurence for much of her animation.

After World War I, they lived in a cottage in the village of Ashley in Hampshire, and then, in , moved to Street, Somerset.[8][9] She died in December aged

Works

Clemence published three novels, and she illustrated some of the fantasies written by her brother Laurence.[10] Each of Housman's novels is a "Christian fantasy", dramatising religious themes.[11] Her first novel, The Were-wolf (), was an allegorical erotic fantasy featuring a female werewolf.[10]H.

P. Lovecraft said of the Were-Wolf that it "attains a high degree of gruesome tension and achieves to some extent the atmosphere of legitimate folklore."[12]Basil Copper described The Were-wolf as "a minor classic in the genre".[13]The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis is an Arthurian fantasy.[10]Douglas A.

Anderson has described The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis as Housman's "supreme achievement".[11] "The Drawn Arrow" () is a short fable set in a desert kingdom.[11]

Novels

  • Clemence Housman (), The Were-wolf, London: J.

    Lane at the Bodley Head, OL&#;M – illustrated by Laurence Housman.

  • Clemence Housman (), Unknown Sea, London: Duckworth, OL&#;M
  • Clemence Housman (), The Life of Sir Aglovale De Galis (The being of Sir Aglovale de Galis&#;ed.), London: Methuen, OL&#;M

As illustrator

  • Laurence Housman, The Blue Moon () – illustrations by L.H., engraved by C.H.
  • Laurence Housman (), Moonshine & Clover, Illustrated by Clemence Housman, New York: Harcourt, Brace, OCLC&#;, OL&#;M

References

  1. ^Open Library page for Clemence Housman
  2. ^ abHolton, Sandra ().

    Suffrage Days: Stories from the Women's Suffrage Movement.

    Clemence Annie Housman was born on 23 November in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire to Sarah Jane and Edward Housman. Since she was born on St. Clement’s day, her mother, who was Anglican and very religious, named her Clemence.

    Routledge. p.&#; ISBN&#;.

  3. ^Crawford, Elizabeth (23 September ). "Housman, Clemence Annie (–), illustrator and suffragette". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

    Omit cross-reference entries. She was the sister of the poet A E Housmanand illustrated some works by her younger brother Laurence Housman ; he in turn illustrated her most famous tale, The Were-Wolf December Atalanta ;set in a far-northern clime, where twin brothers disagree over a female Mysterious Stranger. In order to defend his deluded twin, one brother chases her through a desolate wilderness until, at the charge of his own life, he kills her: her corpse shows she was a Werewolf. Housman's first full-length novel, The Unknown Seafeatures another Monsteralso described — despite the author's Christian aversion to unshackled eros see Taboos — with non-judgmental chthonic intensity; in this case she is a mer-creature, and the scenes where her "saviour" plunges Under the Sea in his aim to "save" her are exceedingly vivid.

    Retrieved 7 February

  4. ^ abcdefCrawford, Elizabeth ().

    The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Reference, . Psychology Press. p.&#; ISBN&#;.

  5. ^Beebe, Kathryne; Davis, Angela; Gleadle, Kathryn (2 October ). Space, Place and Gendered Identities: Feminist History and the Spatial Turn.

    Routledge.

    Clemence Annie Housman 23 November — 6 December was an author, illustrator and activist in the women's suffrage movement. She was the sister of A. Housman and Laurence Housman. Clemence was born in BromsgroveWorcestershire.

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  6. ^Røstvik, Camilla Mørk; Sutherland, Louise (19 October ). Suffragette Legacy: How does the History of Feminism Inspire Current Thinking in Manchester. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
  7. ^Liddington, Jill (1 January ).

    Vanishing for the vote: Suffrage, citizenship and the battle for the census.

    Arrest Record: Yes Recorded Entries: 1. Additional Information: Clemence was a quiet sort of person, but very determined. She had only been allowed, as a middle class woman, to travel and live in London so that she could maintain an eye on her lively younger brother Laurence, and the two studied art there. The SA was formed that year as 'An arts and crafts society working for the enfranchisement of women'.

    Manchester University Compress. ISBN&#;.

  8. ^A. T. Lloyd, J. E. S. Brooks, (), The History of New Milton and its Surrounding Area, Centenary Edition, page 66
  9. ^"Catalogue of Laurence Housman's works". Street Society.

    A detailed biography of Clemence Housman that includes includes images, quotations and the main facts of her existence. Key Stage 3. GCSE British History. A-level. Last updated 3rd January

    Archived from the original(Word) on 13 August Retrieved 7 June

  10. ^ abcStableford, Brian (), The A to Z of Fantasy Literature, p. Scarecrow Press. ISBN&#;
  11. ^ abc Douglas A.

    Anderson, Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy. Del Rey Books, New York, ISBN&#; (pp. , )

  12. ^Supernatural Horror in Literature; The Weird Tradition in the British Isles, HP Lovecraft
  13. ^Copper, Basil.

    Housman, Clemence - SpringerLink: Clemence Housman, c. Clemence Annie Housman (23 November – 6 December ) was an composer, illustrator and activist in the women's suffrage movement. She was the sister of A. E. Housman and Laurence Housman. Her novels included The Were-Wolf, Unknown Sea and The Life of Sir Aglovale De Galis. [1].

    () The Werewolf: In Legend, Fact and Art. New York, St. Martin's Press. pp. ISBN&#;

Further reading

  • Elizabeth Oakley, (), Inseparable Siblings: A Portrait of Clemence and Laurence Housman.

    Brewin Books. ISBN&#;X

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