Casey, Ethel Marian (Maie)

Entry type: Person

Occupation

Artist, Writer, Writer of Inscription
Gender

Female
Birth Date

13th March 1891
Death Date

20th January 1983

Copy specific notes

Maie Casey was a writer and artist. Born Ethel Marian Sumner Ryan, she married R.G. Casey June 1926. A woman of bohemian sensibilities, she befriended Australian modernists and wrote poetry, biography, reminiscences and historical studies. Ambitious for her husband’s political career, she was dubbed ‘Lady Macbeth’ by Menzies.

Source

Langmore, Diane. Casey, Ethel Marian (Maie) (1891-1983), Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Published in hard copy 2007, accessed online 23 September 2012.

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