Born Yorkshire. Graduated with and maintained a long friendship with Vera Brittain.
Writer, reformer and pacifist.
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Winifred Holtby
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Brittain & Holtby
English Heritage Vera Brittain, 1893 - 1970 Winifred Holtby, 1898 - 1935 w...
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John Galsworthy
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Edgar Wallace
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