Jessica Mitford
British writer (1917-1996) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 78
Jessica Lucy "Decca" Treuhaft was an English-American author, communist activist and one of the Mitford sisters. Her 1960 memoir Hons and Rebels and her 1963 book of social commentary The American Way of Death both became classics.
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Lived 1917 to 1996 · aged 78