Born in
Glasgow to Mary (née Couper) and William McAdam in 1872, Clyde came to New Zealand as a child, and was educated at
Otago Girls' High School. She moved to
Sydney in 1898, and wrote for the
Sydney Bulletin. In an essay entitled 'The Literary Woman', she urged women to continue "to make brilliant discoveries in the realm of the emotions". In 1903, Clyde returned to the United Kingdom to pursue a London literary career. Her novel ''A Pagan's Love'' was published there in 1905: the novel raised questions of women's dependence, with the heroine considering an extra-marital relationship with a man. In 1907 Clyde was imprisoned in
Holloway Prison as one of the
suffragettes who 'caused a disturbance' in the
House of Commons. At some point, Clyde returned to New Zealand, and in 1925 co-authored a travel book with the journalist
Alan Mulgan. In 1931 she was ejected from the New Zealand Parliament after protesting against the
1925 Child Welfare Act. In the early 1930s she moved to
Brisbane. She died in August 1951, and was buried in Brisbane's
Hemmant Cemetery. ==Publications==