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Vera Brittain

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Also known as Vera Mary Brittain, Vera (Mary) Brittain

English writer (1893-1970)

Person · Open Library

Born
29 December 1893
Died
29 March 1970
Works
139

Top works

  • Pavements at Anderby
  • Englands Hour
  • Testament of Youth
  • Valiant Pilgrim; the Story of John Bunyan and Puritan England
  • Testament of Friendship

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
5
Total plays
18

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Quotes

  • Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; / I am your friend, but never your possession.
  • All that a pacifist can undertake — but it is a very great deal — is to refuse to kill, injure or otherwise cause suffering to another human creature, and untiringly to order his life by the rule of love though others may be captured by hate.
  • It is probably true to say that the largest scope for change still lies in men’s attitude to women, and in women’s attitude to themselves.
  • Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.
  • I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading.
  • We should never be at the mercy of Providence if only we understood that we ourselves are Providence.

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Key facts

Born
Vera Mary Brittain , ( 1893-12-29 ) 29 December 1893, Newcastle-under-Lyme , Staffordshire , England
Died
29 March 1970 (1970-03-29) (aged 76), Wimbledon , London , England
Occupation
Writer Author Journalist
Alma mater
Somerville College, Oxford
Genre
Feminism Pacifism
Notable works
Testament of Youth (1933)
Spouse
Sir George Catlin ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1925 ) ​
Children
John Brittain-Catlin, Shirley Williams

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Encyclopedic overview

Vera Mary Brittain (29 December 1893 – 29 March 1970) was an English Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse, writer, feminist, socialist 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.

Life and work

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