Jane Wilde
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Jane Francesca, Lady Wilde (born 1821 or 1826, depending on source - died February 3, 1896) (née Jane Francesca Elgee) was an Irish poet, translator and supporter of the nationalist movement; she was the wife of Sir William Wilde and mother of Oscar Wilde.
Lady Wilde, who was the niece of Charles Maturin, wrote for the Young Irelander movement of the 1840s, publishing poems in The Nation under the pseudonym of Speranza. She became the paper's editor in July 1848 and wrote editorials calling for armed revolution in Ireland. Her works included pro-Irish independence and anti-British writing; she was sometimes known as “Speranza of the Nation”.
References
- Words of Women: Lady Jane Wilde (http://www.photoaspects.com/lilip/wilde.shtml)
- Jane Wilde at the Princess Grace Irish Library (http://www.pgil-eirdata.org/html/pgil_datasets/authors/w/Wilde,JF/life.htm) Captured November 9, 2004.tr:Jane Francesca Elgee