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Susanne R. (Susanne Rouviere) Day
1875–1964
A lively Irish novelist, playwright, and feminist campaigner, this early 20th-century writer brought sharp social observation to both her fiction and her public life. She was also deeply involved in the women’s suffrage movement and wartime relief work.
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Round about Bar-le-Duc
by Susanne R. (Susanne Rouviere) Day
About the author
Born in Cork on April 24, 1876, Susanne Rouviere Day—more often published as Suzanne R. Day—grew up in a prominent local family and became known as a writer, playwright, and activist. She is closely associated with Irish feminism in the years before and after independence, and helped found the Munster Women’s Franchise League.
Alongside her campaigning, Day built a varied literary career. She wrote novels and plays, including collaborations with Geraldine Cummins that were staged at the Abbey Theatre. Her work is often noted for its wit, its interest in women’s lives, and its attention to the pressures of respectability, marriage, and social change.
Day’s life reached well beyond the page. She served as one of Cork’s first women poor-law guardians and later took part in relief efforts during the First World War. She died in London on May 26, 1964, leaving behind a body of writing shaped by political conviction, theatrical energy, and a strong sense of independence.