Nora Shackleton Heald (1882 – 5 April 1961) was a British journalist, and the editor of The Queen and later, The Lady, from at least as early as 1948, until 1954.
Early life edit
Nora Shackleton Heald was born in 1882,[1] the elder daughter of John Thomas Heald, and Mary Shackleton. They were both from Stacksteads, Lancashire, and he was originally a schoolmaster. She had a younger sister, Edith Shackleton Heald, also a journalist, with whom she co-owned the Chantry House. Her brother Ivan Shackleton Heald (1883–1916) was "Fleet Street's most acclaimed humorous writer" until he joined the Royal Flying Corps and died in the First World War.[2]
Career edit
Heald started in journalism in 1918 as women's page editor for the Sunday Despatch, and went on to be dramatic critic for the Daily Mail, the London columnist for the Daily Chronicle, women's page editor for the Daily Herald, and editor for The Queen and later, The Lady until 1954.[3][4]
Personal life edit
Heald was the editor of The Lady in February 1948, when for a time, she moved out of Chantry House in Steyning, which she co-owned with her younger sister, Edith Shackleton Heald, due to the ongoing scandal from her sister's lesbian relationship with the artist Gluck.[5]
Death edit
Heald died on 5 April 1961.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Free Family History and Genealogy Records — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org.
- ^ Joseph M. Hassett (22 July 2010). W.B. Yeats and the Muses. OUP Oxford. pp. 215–216. ISBN 978-0-19-161489-7.
- ^ a b "Heald family home, Chantry Hou". Genealogy.com. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ Pattinson, Georgina (2 April 2009). "BBC – Today". BBC News. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ Deidre Toomey (13 January 2016). Yeats and Women: Yeats Annual. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 344–345. ISBN 978-1-349-11928-8.