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 Jeanne MacKenziec. 1955 | |
| Born | Daisy Jeanne Sampson (1922-01-30)30 January 1922 St Helens, England |
| Died | 16 October 1986(1986-10-16) (aged 64) Lewes, East Sussex |
| Occupation | Author |
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Daisy Jeanne MacKenzie (known as Jeanne, pronouncedJean, 30 January 1922 – 16 October 1986) was an English author of non-fiction. She was the first wife of the journalist and academicNorman MacKenzie.
Daisy Jeanne Sampson was born inSt Helens, England, on 30 January 1922, the daughter of Leonard Sampson (1894–1977), a leather factor, and his wife, Emily, née Middlehurst (1894–1984). Her elder brother was the academic and peace activist Ronald V. Sampson (1918–1999). She was brought up in the Moss Bank area of St Helens and attended Cowley Girls' School, the local Grammar School. After graduating from theLondon School of Economics in 1943, she worked as a civil servant duringWorld War II and subsequently as apublisher's reader forHamish Hamilton and in the 1960s as a counsellor with the Marriage Guidance Council.[1]
She authored several books, both independently and with her husband. One of these wasAustralian Paradox,[2] recounting a year-long stay in Australia whilst her husband did research for theSocial Science Research Council of Australia, the result of which was his important surveyWomen in Australia (1962). The MacKenzies were known for their work on social reformers Beatrice and Sidney Webb, editing letters and diaries by the couple and writing about them in their collective biographyThe First Fabians. She compiled a programme for BBC Radio 4 calledDear Mr Webb that was broadcast in February 1977 using the letters to recount the Webbs' courtship.Anna Massey played Beatrice andClive Swift took the part of Sidney.
She was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1978, together with her husband Norman.
She died of ovarian cancer in 1986. She was survived by her husband and two daughters.
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