Mary Eliza Haweis

Mary E. Joy (died 1898) was a British journalist and author of numerous books for women. She was the daughter of Thomas Musgrave Joy, a not particular renowned artist.

She wrote many books on decoration, dress, and household matters, including The Art of Dress (1879), The Art of Decoration (1881), The Art of Beauty (1883), and The Art of Housekeeping (1889). She also produced several children's books, the best-known of which is Chaucer for Children (1877). She also painted and had several works exhibited at the Royal Academy.

She was married to the Rev. Hugh Reginald Haweis, with whom she campaigned successfully to have museums opened on Sundays.

Sources

• Judith Flanders. Inside the Victorian Home: a Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England. New York: W. W. Norton, 2004.