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In 1890 she was placed in charge of [[The Working Women's Club]] along with [[Annie Besant]]. That same year in August she became a member of [[H. P. Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky's]] [[Inner Group]] in London. | In 1890 she was placed in charge of [[The Working Women's Club]] along with [[Annie Besant]]. That same year in August she became a member of [[H. P. Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky's]] [[Inner Group]] in London. | ||
Laura Cooper wrote an account of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]]'s death entitled [http://blavatskyarchives.com/cooperl1891.htm "How She Left Us"], which was the first | Laura Cooper wrote an account of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]]'s death entitled [http://blavatskyarchives.com/cooperl1891.htm "How She Left Us"], which was the first article in the book [http://iapsop.com/ssoc/1891__some_disciples___in_memory_of_blavatsky.pdf "In Memory of H. P. Blavatsky"] written as a tribute by some of Madame Blavatsky's pupils in 1891. Laura gave a detailed account of the last days and hours of Madame Blavatsky as she succumbed to influenza: | ||
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When all hope was over the nurse left the room, leaving [[Claude Falls Wright|C. F. Wright]], [[Walter Gornold|W. R. Old]] and myself with our beloved H.P.B.; the two former knelt in front, each holding one of her hands, and I at her side with one arm round her supported her head; thus we remained motionless for many minutes, and so quietly did H.P.B. pass away that we hardly knew the second she ceased to breathe; a great sense of peace filled the room, and we knelt quietly there until, first [[Isabel Cooper-Oakley|my sister]], then the [[Constance Wachtmeister|Countess]] arrived.<ref>Laura M. Cooper, [http://blavatskyarchives.com/cooperl1891.htm "How She Left Us"] ''In Memory of H. P. Blavatsky'' | |||
(London: Theosophical Publishing Company, 1891), 6-7.</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 20:01, 10 April 2023
Laura Mary Cooper (1855-1924) was an English member of the Theosophical Society and sister of Isabel Cooper-Oakley. She was married to G. R. S. Mead.
Personal life
Laura Mary Cooper was born on October 14, 1855 in Amritsar, Bengal, India to Frederick Henry Cooper and his wife Mary Steel Cooper.[1] She was the third child, following a brother Frederick Allen Cooper (1852-1856) and Harriet Isabella Cooper (1854-1914).
In 1899, at the age of 44, she married scholar George Robert Stow Mead (1863-1933), with whom she had worked in the households of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and Annie Besant for many years. They lived at 16 Selwood Place, South Kensington, London.
She died on October 4, 1924 in Middlesex, England.
Theosophical Society involvement
In 1890 she was placed in charge of The Working Women's Club along with Annie Besant. That same year in August she became a member of H. P. Blavatsky's Inner Group in London.
Laura Cooper wrote an account of H. P. Blavatsky's death entitled "How She Left Us", which was the first article in the book "In Memory of H. P. Blavatsky" written as a tribute by some of Madame Blavatsky's pupils in 1891. Laura gave a detailed account of the last days and hours of Madame Blavatsky as she succumbed to influenza:
When all hope was over the nurse left the room, leaving C. F. Wright, W. R. Old and myself with our beloved H.P.B.; the two former knelt in front, each holding one of her hands, and I at her side with one arm round her supported her head; thus we remained motionless for many minutes, and so quietly did H.P.B. pass away that we hardly knew the second she ceased to breathe; a great sense of peace filled the room, and we knelt quietly there until, first my sister, then the Countess arrived.[2]
Notes
- ↑ India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947. Reference ID volume 89 page 352.
- ↑ Laura M. Cooper, "How She Left Us" In Memory of H. P. Blavatsky (London: Theosophical Publishing Company, 1891), 6-7.