Vera Brittain | |
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Born | Vera Mary Brittain 29 December 1893 Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England |
Died | 29 March 1970 Wimbledon, London, England | (aged 76)
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Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford |
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Notable works | Testament of Youth (1933) |
Spouse | Sir George Catlin |
Children | John Brittain-Catlin Shirley Williams |
Vera Mary Brittain (29 December 1893 – 29 March 1970) was an English Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse, writer, feminist, socialist[1] and pacifist. Her best-selling 1933 memoir Testament of Youth recounted her experiences during the First World War and the beginning of her journey towards pacifism.