Acton, Marie Imaculeé, 1905-1994
Dates
- Existence: 1905-04-01 - 1994-04-05
Parallel Names
- Woodruff, Mia, 1905-1994
Biographical note
Marie Imaculeé Acton was born on April 1, 1905 in Berne, Switzerland to Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 2nd Baron of Acton, and Dorothy Lyon. Acton studied singing in Vienna and London, and cared for sick pilgrims in Lourdes. In Lourdes, she met the Catholic journalist Douglas Woodruff, whom she married in 1933. Acton assisted Woodruff in his editorship of the Tablet, an English Catholic weekly international review. She was a Catholic charitable activist and President of the Catholic Women’s League, particularly focused on coordinating aid and relief for refugee children during the Second World War. Acton was made a Senior Dame of the Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta. Marie Imaculeé Acton died on April 5, 1994 in Marcham, Oxfordshire.
Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier
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Douglas and Marie Immaculée Acton Woodruff family papers
Collection of correspondence, diaries, financial records, genealogical information, notebooks, and photographs of Catholic journalist Douglas Woodruff, Catholic charitable activist Marie Immaculée Acton Woodruff, and their families.
Collection is open for research.