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'''Elizabeth Christitch''' ([[pen name]] |
'''Elizabeth Christitch''' (1861 – 26 January 1933), known by her [[pen name]] '''Ben Hurst''', was an [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Irish]] journalist, writer, poet, and translator. |
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She married Colonel Ljubomir N. Christitch (also written Hristić) of the [[Royal Serbian Army]] at the cathedral of Poznan. After helping to found the [[St. Joan's International Alliance|Catholic Women's Suffrage Society]] in 1911,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://rcdow.org.uk/news/votes-for-women-the-catholic-contribution/|title=Votes for Women! The Catholic Contribution - Diocese of Westminster|website=rcdow.org.uk|access-date=2020-03-01}}</ref> she settled in his home country and during the [[Balkan War]] in 1913, she worked as a nurse for the Serbian soldiers. In [[World War I]], she worked in Belgrade for the Red Cross. |
She married Colonel Ljubomir N. Christitch (also written Hristić) of the [[Royal Serbian Army]] at the cathedral of Poznan. After helping to found the [[St. Joan's International Alliance|Catholic Women's Suffrage Society]] in 1911,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://rcdow.org.uk/news/votes-for-women-the-catholic-contribution/|title=Votes for Women! The Catholic Contribution - Diocese of Westminster|website=rcdow.org.uk|access-date=2020-03-01}}</ref> she settled in his home country and during the [[Balkan War]] in 1913, she worked as a nurse for the Serbian soldiers. In [[World War I]], she worked in Belgrade for the Red Cross. |
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Christitch was a journalist for the ''Tribune'', |
Christitch was a journalist for the ''Tribune'', the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', several [[London]] daily papers, as well as contributing fiction to various periodicals. She translated the [[Bože pravde|Serbian national anthem]] into English, and her English-language version was sung in Britain during the war. Christitch used the pen-name "Ben Hurst". Her best known novel was ''The Pride of Garr'' (1925). She wrote on Balkan and international politics as well as women's suffrage and [[Irish Home Rule movement|Irish Home rule]]. |
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Christitch was an original member of the Serbian Relief Fund Committee. She and her daughter, [[Annie Christitch|Annie]], were prisoners in Serbia for three and a half years. Christitch gained her freedom through assistance from the [[Pope Benedict XV|Pope]]. She and her husband had three children. Their son was General Nikola Christitch of the [[Royal Yugoslav Army]] and [[Aide de Camp]] to both Kings, [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia]] and [[Peter II of Yugoslavia]] and their daughters were fellow patriot [[Annie Christitch]] and Janie Christitch who was later Mother Mary of the Cross. Christitch was given a blessing for her work by Pope Benedict XV. In 1919, Elsabeth Christitch was given a [[Vatican City|Vatican]] [[Pope|Papal]] audience with Benedict XV, the head of the Catholic faith, who was reported as having said "we should like to see women electors everywhere".<ref name=":0" /> Christitch died in London on 26 January 1933 due to a weak heart.<ref name="BC">{{cite web |url=https://library.bc.edu/finding-aids/MS1994-039-finding-aid.pdf |title=Annie and Elizabeth O'Brien Christitch Papers |publisher=Boston College |access-date=6 November 2019 |archive-date=6 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106130604/https://library.bc.edu/finding-aids/MS1994-039-finding-aid.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Catholic Research Resources Alliance 1933">{{cite web | title=Catholic News Service - Newsfeeds 6 February 1933 | website=Catholic Research Resources Alliance | date=1933-02-06 | url=https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/?a=d&d=cns19330206-01.1.31 | access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref><ref name="Michail 2011">{{cite book | last=Michail | first=E. | title=The British and the Balkans: Forming Images of Foreign Lands, 1900-1950 | publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing | year=2011 | isbn=978-1-4411-7061-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tVgSBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT153 | access-date=2019-11-06 | page=153}}</ref><ref name="McCarthy 2018">{{cite book | last=McCarthy | first=T.M. | title=Respectability and Reform: Irish American Women's Activism, 1880-1920 | publisher=Syracuse University Press | series=Irish Studies | year=2018 | isbn=978-0-8156-5436-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y3N0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA209 | access-date=2019-11-06 | page=209}}</ref><ref name="Petrovitch 2007">{{cite book | last=Petrovitch | first=W.M. | title=Serbia: Her People History and Aspirations | publisher=Cosimo, Incorporated | year=2007 | isbn=978-1-60206-941-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m0ZteuDbZg4C&pg=PA15 | access-date=2019-11-06 | page=15}}</ref><ref name="Burnand 1922">{{cite book | last=Burnand | first=F.C. | title=The Catholic Who's who & Yearbook | publisher=Burns & Oates. | issue=v. 15 | year=1922 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tp9HAQAAMAAJ | access-date=2019-11-06 }}</ref><ref name="The Central European Observer 1933">{{cite book | title=The Central European Observer -Obituary | publisher=Central European Observer | issue=v. 11-12 | year=1933 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=beAcAQAAMAAJ | access-date=2019-11-06 }}</ref><ref name="Great Britain and the East 1933">{{cite book | title=Great Britain and the East -Obituary| year=1933 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Mm1RLjN-GsC | access-date=2019-11-06 }}</ref><ref name="The Catholic Citizen 1941">{{cite book | title=The Catholic Citizen | issue=v. 27-36 | year=1941 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7J1vmyWeW9QC | access-date=2019-11-06 }}</ref><ref name="Aleksov 2015">{{cite journal | last=Aleksov | first=Bojan | title=Strange Bedfellows: British Women and Serbs 1717-1945 | journal=British-Serbian Relations from the 18th to the 21st Centuries | date=2015-08-03 | url=https://www.academia.edu/37836735 | access-date=2019-11-06 }}</ref> |
Christitch was an original member of the Serbian Relief Fund Committee. She and her daughter, [[Annie Christitch|Annie]], were prisoners in Serbia for three and a half years. Christitch gained her freedom through assistance from the [[Pope Benedict XV|Pope]]. She and her husband had three children. Their son was General Nikola Christitch of the [[Royal Yugoslav Army]] and [[Aide de Camp]] to both Kings, [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia]] and [[Peter II of Yugoslavia]] and their daughters were fellow patriot [[Annie Christitch]] and Janie Christitch who was later Mother Mary of the Cross. Christitch was given a blessing for her work by Pope Benedict XV. In 1919, Elsabeth Christitch was given a [[Vatican City|Vatican]] [[Pope|Papal]] audience with Benedict XV, the head of the Catholic faith, who was reported as having said "we should like to see women electors everywhere".<ref name=":0" /> Christitch died in London on 26 January 1933 due to a weak heart.<ref name="BC">{{cite web |url=https://library.bc.edu/finding-aids/MS1994-039-finding-aid.pdf |title=Annie and Elizabeth O'Brien Christitch Papers |publisher=Boston College |access-date=6 November 2019 |archive-date=6 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106130604/https://library.bc.edu/finding-aids/MS1994-039-finding-aid.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Catholic Research Resources Alliance 1933">{{cite web | title=Catholic News Service - Newsfeeds 6 February 1933 | website=Catholic Research Resources Alliance | date=1933-02-06 | url=https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/?a=d&d=cns19330206-01.1.31 | access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref><ref name="Michail 2011">{{cite book | last=Michail | first=E. | title=The British and the Balkans: Forming Images of Foreign Lands, 1900-1950 | publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing | year=2011 | isbn=978-1-4411-7061-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tVgSBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT153 | access-date=2019-11-06 | page=153}}</ref><ref name="McCarthy 2018">{{cite book | last=McCarthy | first=T.M. | title=Respectability and Reform: Irish American Women's Activism, 1880-1920 | publisher=Syracuse University Press | series=Irish Studies | year=2018 | isbn=978-0-8156-5436-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y3N0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA209 | access-date=2019-11-06 | page=209}}</ref><ref name="Petrovitch 2007">{{cite book | last=Petrovitch | first=W.M. | title=Serbia: Her People History and Aspirations | publisher=Cosimo, Incorporated | year=2007 | isbn=978-1-60206-941-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m0ZteuDbZg4C&pg=PA15 | access-date=2019-11-06 | page=15}}</ref><ref name="Burnand 1922">{{cite book | last=Burnand | first=F.C. | title=The Catholic Who's who & Yearbook | publisher=Burns & Oates. | issue=v. 15 | year=1922 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tp9HAQAAMAAJ | access-date=2019-11-06 }}</ref><ref name="The Central European Observer 1933">{{cite book | title=The Central European Observer -Obituary | publisher=Central European Observer | issue=v. 11-12 | year=1933 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=beAcAQAAMAAJ | access-date=2019-11-06 }}</ref><ref name="Great Britain and the East 1933">{{cite book | title=Great Britain and the East -Obituary| year=1933 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Mm1RLjN-GsC | access-date=2019-11-06 }}</ref><ref name="The Catholic Citizen 1941">{{cite book | title=The Catholic Citizen | issue=v. 27-36 | year=1941 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7J1vmyWeW9QC | access-date=2019-11-06 }}</ref><ref name="Aleksov 2015">{{cite journal | last=Aleksov | first=Bojan | title=Strange Bedfellows: British Women and Serbs 1717-1945 | journal=British-Serbian Relations from the 18th to the 21st Centuries | date=2015-08-03 | url=https://www.academia.edu/37836735 | access-date=2019-11-06 }}</ref> |
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| Born | 1861 Patrickswell, Limerick, Ireland |
| Died | 26 January 1933 (aged 71–72) London, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Irish |
Elizabeth Christitch (1861 – 26 January 1933), known by her pen name Ben Hurst, was an Irish journalist, writer, poet, and translator.
Biography
[edit]Elizabeth O'Brien was born in Patrickswell, Limerick, Ireland to John O'Brien of Lough Gur, County Limerick.[1]
She was educated at the convent of the Faithful Companions of Jesus and Mary at Bruff in Co. Limerick and at the Ursuline convent at Gravelines near Dunkirk in France.
Following her schooling, she became governess in the household of the Polish noble family of Swinarski at Strzałkowo near Poznań.
She married Colonel Ljubomir N. Christitch (also written Hristić) of the Royal Serbian Army at the cathedral of Poznan. After helping to found the Catholic Women's Suffrage Society in 1911,[2] she settled in his home country and during the Balkan War in 1913, she worked as a nurse for the Serbian soldiers. In World War I, she worked in Belgrade for the Red Cross.
Christitch was a journalist for the Tribune, the Chicago Tribune, several London daily papers, as well as contributing fiction to various periodicals. She translated the Serbian national anthem into English, and her English-language version was sung in Britain during the war. Christitch used the pen-name "Ben Hurst". Her best known novel was The Pride of Garr (1925). She wrote on Balkan and international politics as well as women's suffrage and Irish Home rule.
Christitch was an original member of the Serbian Relief Fund Committee. She and her daughter, Annie, were prisoners in Serbia for three and a half years. Christitch gained her freedom through assistance from the Pope. She and her husband had three children. Their son was General Nikola Christitch of the Royal Yugoslav Army and Aide de Camp to both Kings, Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Peter II of Yugoslavia and their daughters were fellow patriot Annie Christitch and Janie Christitch who was later Mother Mary of the Cross. Christitch was given a blessing for her work by Pope Benedict XV. In 1919, Elsabeth Christitch was given a Vatican Papal audience with Benedict XV, the head of the Catholic faith, who was reported as having said "we should like to see women electors everywhere".[2] Christitch died in London on 26 January 1933 due to a weak heart.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Awards and honours
[edit]- Christitch was awarded medals from both the Serbian government and the American Red Cross for her work.
Works
[edit]- Light and Shade in Albania, 1913
- A word on woman suffrage
- The Slovenes : A Small Nationality, 1918
- The Slovenes and Their Leaders, 1918
- Church conditions in Jugo-slavia, 1920
- Reunion and fusion of the southern slavs, 1921
- The Pride of Garr, 1925
References and sources
[edit]- ^ Carbery, Mary, The Farm at Lough Gur, Longmans, Green, & Co., London, 1937
- ^ a b "Votes for Women! The Catholic Contribution - Diocese of Westminster". rcdow.org.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Annie and Elizabeth O'Brien Christitch Papers" (PDF). Boston College. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ "Catholic News Service - Newsfeeds 6 February 1933". Catholic Research Resources Alliance. 6 February 1933. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ Michail, E. (2011). The British and the Balkans: Forming Images of Foreign Lands, 1900-1950. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-4411-7061-3. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ McCarthy, T.M. (2018). Respectability and Reform: Irish American Women's Activism, 1880-1920. Irish Studies. Syracuse University Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-8156-5436-0. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ Petrovitch, W.M. (2007). Serbia: Her People History and Aspirations. Cosimo, Incorporated. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-60206-941-1. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ Burnand, F.C. (1922). The Catholic Who's who & Yearbook. Burns & Oates. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ The Central European Observer -Obituary. Central European Observer. 1933. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ Great Britain and the East -Obituary. 1933. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ The Catholic Citizen. 1941. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ Aleksov, Bojan (3 August 2015). "Strange Bedfellows: British Women and Serbs 1717-1945". British-Serbian Relations from the 18th to the 21st Centuries. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
