Shirley Lucille (Lewis) Meredeen (1930 - 2022)

Born 10 Jun 1930 in Newington, Southwark, London, England, United Kingdom

Died 30 Nov 2022 at age 92 in Barnet, London, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

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pioneer of co-housing, champion of older women and passionate feminist and socialist Shirley Lucille Lewis was born in Newington, Southwark, London, England, United Kingdom.

Shirley died in December 2022 in Barnet, London.

Family

Paternal Grandparents: Jacob Lewis and Sarah (?) Lewis, migrated to the East End as Jewish refugees from Russian pogroms

Maternal Grandparents: Lazarus Lejzer Burzynski and Mindla (Klubska) Burzynska, migrated to the East End as Jewish refugees from Russian pogroms

Father: Benjamin Getzel Lewis (1900-3 July 1970), a chief draughtsman at London Transport who worked with Harry Beck on the original London Underground map,

Father's siblings: Ashley Lewis; Isaac Lewis; Solomon Lewis; Annie Lewis and Polly Lewis

Mother: Pearl "Polly" (Burzynska) Lewis (1901-1983)

Mother's siblings: Reubin Ruby Bow; Harry Benson; Polly Lewis; Private; Private and 2 others

Brother: Lionel Lewis

Husband: Sander Meredeen m. 1951, divorced 1978, a training manager in the iron and steel industry who later became a university lecturer and silversmith, then a personnel manager at the Ford Motor Company

Husband's parents: Abraham David Meredeen and Esther Gitel (Cohen) Meredeen

Children:

1. Bruce Meredeen:
2. Clive Meredeen:

Grandchildren: Rachel, Jessica, Ben and Elena

Residence

Leaving the North London Collegiate school for girls at 17, Shirley learned shorthand and typing. She worked as a secretary in Fleet Street and later as a journalist in Grimsby, Scunthorpe, south Wales and Essex.

After she divorced in 1978, Shirley held various student support roles in London colleges. By the age of 54, she had completed an Open University humanities degree and a counselling qualification. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/22/shirley-meredeen-obituary

See also:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Meredeen#cite_ref-:0_1-3
• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-24579511
• https://www.dezeen.com/2016/12/09/pollard-thomas-edwards-architecture-first-older-co-housing-scheme-owch-uk/
• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/sixty-female-middle-class---and-all-living-under-one-roof-just-d/
• https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/feb/20/good-to-meet-shirley-meredeen
• https://www.geni.com/people/Shirley-Meredeen/6000000002859748202