Over time, her views changed and she did eventually become politicised about sexuality while living in South Africa. Unable to persuade the Black Sash (the Women's Defence of the Constitution League
) to become involved...
Sweetman, David. Mary Renault: A Biography. Chatto and Windus, 1993.
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politics
Mary Renault
When MR
and Mullard first went to South Africa, homosexual communities contravened the laws, but were largely ignored. Later, the House of Representatives
in Cape Town established a commission, seeking to widen the scope of...