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Bessie Rayner Parkes

British writer, editor.

Born June 16th, 1829 in Birmingham. [ref]

Died March 29th, 1925 at 95 years old in Slindon. [ref]

Occupations
editor, journalist, photographer, poet, women's rights activist, writer

Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius