Shirley Lucille Meredeen (néeLewis; 10 June 1930 – 1 November 2022) was a British journalist and activist. She was a founding member of Growing Old Disgracefully.[1][2][3][4][5]
Shirley Lucille Meredeen was born in Newington Green, north London, on 10 June 1930.[1] Her parents came to the UK from Russia in 1900 as Refugees.[1] She left school at 17 and worked at the News Chronicle in Fleet Street as a secretary. She did the women's pages in country newspapers and became a chief reporter. She acquired a degree at 41, worked as a student councillor and wrote books.[1]
After retiring, she with Madeleine Levius founded Growing Old Disgracefully.[2]
