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Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Wendy Holden
Wendy Holden
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Holden, Wendy
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Hilary Mantel
With many others including
Charlotte Bingham
,
Edwina Currie
,
Helen Dunmore
,
Nicci Gerrard
,
Wendy Holden
,
David Lodge
,
Val McDermid
,
Joanna Trollope
,
Lynne Truss
, and
Salley Vickers
,...
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June 1945
Englishwoman
Susan Travers
(whose World War Two activity had included working as an army nurse and a chauffeur) became the first woman to join the
Foreign Legion
.