Annie Barnett
Annie Barnett, also known as Mrs P. A. Barnett, was an English writer and editor who compiled anthologies of prose and verse, including selections for children. She co-authored the epistolary novel Drifting Thistledown. Barnett supported women's suffrage and was the mother of birth control campaigner and writer Charis Frankenburg.
Biography
Early life and education
Barnett was born Annie Beeching in Paddington, London on 12 December 1861. Her father worked as a bookseller and her brother was author Henry Beeching, Dean of Norwich. She was educated at North [London Collegiate School|North London Collegiate school] and later studied at London University.Career
Barnett edited a number of books of prose and verse, including works for children. She also co-authored an epistolary novel, Drifting Thistledown. An article about the book was published in The [New York Times].Personal life and death
She married Percy Arthur Barnett an educationalist and school inspector. They had a son, Denis, who died in the First World War, and a daughter, Charis, who later became a writer and an activist for birth control. Barnett, who was a supporter of women's suffrage took her daughter to hear suffragette speakers in Hyde Park on multiple occasions.Barnett died in London in the second quarter of 1941, aged 79.