There followed brief attendance at a part-time painting course in her late teens (the result of a romantic passion for an art student), being struck dumb at an audition for RADA
(the Royal Academy of...
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1920: Hillcroft Residential College for Working...
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1920
Hillcroft Residential College for Working Women
was founded at South Bank, Surbiton, Surrey, to provide, instead of the factory or domestic training usual for working-class provision, an education in academic subjects.
“Hillcroft College”. Women in London: A Directory of London Based Women’s Groups.
