Shirley L. Meredeen (née Lewis; 10 June 1930 – 30 November 2022) was a British journalist and activist. She was a founding member of Growing Old Disgracefully.[1][2][3][4][5]
Shirley Lewis Meredeen was born in Newington Green, north London, on 10 June 1930.[1] Her parents came to the UK from Russia in 1900 as Refugees.[1] She left school at 17 and worked at the News Chronicle in Fleet Street as a secretary. She did the women's pages in country newspapers and became a chief reporter. She acquired a degree at 41, worked as a student councillor and wrote books.[1]
After retiring, she with Madeleine Levius founded Growing Old Disgracefully.[2]
Meredeen was honoured in BBC'S 100 Women in 2013.[6]
Meredeen died on 30 November 2022, at the age of 92.[7][8]
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