George Yeats

Many stories swirl about George Yeats, even though she did not write or speak much for public consumption. In the last several decades, this least known of the women in Yeats's circle has received an increasing amount of scholarly attention, and her massive contributions to her husband's life and work are more appreciated than has been true for the longer part of the history of Yeats studies. For the first generation or two of scholarship after his death, George was mentioned publicly and frequently in acknowledgements and copyright pages of works by and about her husband. And she did produce thousands of pages of written texts, most in the form of automatic writing, occult notebooks of varying types, and private letters. She also consulted with publishers to edit much of WBY's poetry, drama, and prose. She was a brilliant woman who led a long and active life.