Norah Meade


Norah Meade Corcoran was an Irish journalist and humanitarian.

Career

Norah Meade was born in Dublin, Ireland, to Patrick Meade, a journalist. In 1912, at age 24, she emigrated to the United States on the.
She wrote reviews, fiction stories and investigative stories for newspapers and magazines both in Ireland and the United States. She wrote under her maiden and married names, Norah Meade, Norah Corcoran and Norah Meade Corcoran.
While living in Ireland she wrote for such publications as the Weekly Freeman. An example of her work is the critique of Peadar Ua Laoghaire in "The Contemporary Irish National Movement in Literature" in 1910.
Once she moved to the US, she wrote for a wide number of papers and on a wide number of topics. Her New York World column was syndicated in other papers like the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette in Indiana. Meade also wrote freelance for such titles as The Boston Globe.
Meade was involved in the American Relief Administration. She was a witness to the Russian Famine in 1921 and worked with Herbert Hoover to provide relief.
She returned to the United States again after a trip to Europe in 1923 sailing on the RMS Homeric. On this trip she was already married.
While based in the US Meade also worked with Harry Gilchriese on publicity for the Girl Scouts of the USA from 1929 to 1937. She wrote articles for the Girl Scouts which appeared across the country.
Meade returned to Ireland in 1952 and was living in Dublin until her death in 1954.

Reviews and articles