Esther Bruce

Esther Bruce
Born29 November 1912
Fulham, London, England
Died17 July 1994(1994-07-17) (aged 81)
Chelsea, London, England
Known forAunt Esther's Story (1991)

Josephine Esther Bruce (29 November 1912 – 17 July 1994) was a British seamstress living in London.[1][2] Her autobiography, Aunt Esther's Story published in 1991 and co-authored with her adopted nephew Stephen Bourne, was one of the first books to document the life of a black working-class woman in Britain.[3]

  1. ^ Bourne, Stephen (2004). "Esther Bruce". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74672. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Bourne, Stephen. "ESTHER BRUCE – A BLACK LONDON SEAMSTRESS: HER STORY 1912-1994". www.stephenbourne.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  3. ^ "Putting Black Britons First - Black History Month 2017". Black History Month 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-25.