Suzanne R. Day

Suzanne R. Day
From the cast of 1901 production of The Mikado, Cork
Born	Suzanne Rouvier Day 24 April 1876 Cork, Ireland
Died	26 May 1964 London
Nationality	Irish
Occupation	writer

Suzanne Rouvier Day (1876–1964) was an Irish feminist, novelist and playwright. She founded the Munster Women's Franchise League, was one of Cork's first women poor-law guardians and served a support role in both World Wars.

Day was born in Cork, Ireland in 1876 to Robert and Rebecca Day. Her father Robert ran a Saddler and Ironmonger business and was a well known antiquarian and photographer. She was active as a suffragette founding the Munster Women's Franchise League and as a member of the Irishwomen's Suffrage Federation. In 1911 she became one of Cork's first women poor-law guardians which led to her first novel. From 1913 to 1917 she wrote three plays for the Abbey Theatre in collaboration with Geraldine Cummins, the most successful of which was the comedy Fox and Geese (1917). Day worked as a nurse on the French front during the First World War. She worked as a member of the fire service in London during the Second World War. She lived in Cork, France and London. She was living in London when she died.

The work of Suzanne R. Day and Geraldine Cummins has been described as a mixture of paganism and melodrama and has been suggested as a precursor to John B. Keane.