Vera Brittain

Vera Brittain
Brittain shortly after the First World War
Brittain shortly after the First World War
BornVera Mary Brittain
(1893-12-29)29 December 1893
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England
Died29 March 1970(1970-03-29) (aged 76)
Wimbledon, London, England
Occupation
  • Writer
  • Author
  • Journalist
Alma materSomerville College, Oxford
Genre
Notable worksTestament of Youth (1933)
SpouseSir George Catlin
ChildrenJohn 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.

  1. ^ Higonnet, Margaret R. (1987). Behind the Lines: Gender and the Two World Wars. Yale University Press. p. 70.