Rhoda Fraser | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rhoda Jupp 23 February 1918 Edinburgh |
| Died | 9 March 1970 (aged 52) Edinburgh |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Other names | Crae Ritchie |
| Years active | 1944–1969 |
| Known for | Communist organising, peace activist and poet |
Rhoda Mary Napier Fraser (born Jupp; 23 February 1918 – 9 March 1970) was a Scottish communist and peace campaigner, known for her leading role in the Communist Party of Great Britain in the 1940s and 1950s, and her continuing public agitation in the 1960s against the Vietnam War and for nuclear disarmament. Under the pseudonym Crae Ritchie she was also a published poet.[1][2]
- ^ Canning, Audrey (2004). "Fraser [née Jupp], Rhoda Mary Napier [pseud. Crae Ritchie] (1918–1970), communist and peace campaigner". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/54398. Retrieved 2 September 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ richiemccaffery (22 January 2019). "Confronting Crae Ritchie (1918-1970)". The Lyrical Aye: Richie McCaffery. Retrieved 2 September 2020.