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Eileen Maud Blair (née O'Shaughnessy, 25 September 1905 – 29 March 1945) was the first wife of George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair). During World War II, she worked for the Censorship Department of the Ministry of Information in London and the Ministry of Food. She was born in South Shields in the northeast of England.
Eileen Blair was a woman who won a scholarship to and earned an English degree from the University of Oxford, at a time when women were barely admitted to higher education. (Orwell himself was not ...
- Amanda Hooton
Mar 4, 2020 · Eileen O’Shaugh-nessy married an unknown writer and then worked herself to death to ensure his fame, while Sonia Brownell married a dying writer in order to ensure her own fame. The names say it all: Orwell was christened Eric Blair and Eileen therefore called herself Eileen Blair; their son, Richard, was also Blair.
Aug 18, 2023 · Eileen O’Shaughnessy Blair did not survive. She died at the age of 39, under the knife for a total hysterectomy after years of excruciating pelvic pain and bleeding.
- Jessica Ferri
Eileen Blair, who married Orwell in 1936, was a supportive and selfless partner who helped him achieve his literary fame. She also had a strong Irish heritage, but Orwell rarely mentioned it in his writings or biographies.
Mar 24, 2017 · The University of London's Senate House inspired Orwell's description of the Ministry of Truth. Orwell's wife Eileen Blair worked in the building during World War II, when it was the real ...
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Sep 9, 2024 · Eileen Blair (née O’Shaughnessy) Eileen Blair is the central figure of Wifedom , and Anna Funder uses her life as a lens through which to examine the often invisible labor of women. Eileen was born into a middle-class Anglo-Irish family and was highly educated, having pursued literature and psychology in college.
