Background
Ethel Sidgwick was born on December 20, 1877, in Rugby, Warwick, England. She was the daughter of Arthur Sidgwick, a schoolmaster, and Charlotte S. Sidgwick.
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Ethel attended Oxford High School.
Ethel Sidgwick was born on December 20, 1877, in Rugby, Warwick, England. She was the daughter of Arthur Sidgwick, a schoolmaster, and Charlotte S. Sidgwick.
Ethel attended Oxford High School. She also had private study of music and literature.
Ethel Sidgwick worked for a time as a schoolteacher and then began publishing novels when she was in her thirties. Her first novel was Promise, published in 1910. It marked the beginning of an eight-year period during which time she published approximately one novel each year. Sidgwick continued to write fiction until 1931. Her last novel, Dorothy's Wedding: A Tale of Two Villages, is a story about two competitive villages in the English countryside. Sidgwick records the daily activities of the people living in these two towns, one of which is much more prosperous than the other one.
In addition to novels, Sidgwick wrote children’s drama and fairy-tales. The last book she published was a biography of her aunt, Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick, who was the principal at Newnham College in Cambridge between 1892 and 1910. Mrs. Henry Sidgwick: A Memoir was released in 1938. Sidgwick stopped publishing at this time although she would live for thirty more years. Sidgwick died in 1970 at the age of ninety-two.
Sidgwick was a staunch supporter of Save the Children from its foundation in 1919.
Sidgwick was a member of Council, member of the Management Committee and chair of the Schools Subcommittee.
Ethel was never married.