She busied herself in volunteering, raising money for university scholarships for girls, working on a female candidate's (unsuccessful) municipal election campaign, volunteering in the local Child Welfare Clinic
, and starting up an amateur drama...
politics
Phyllis Bentley
After being exposed to poverty through her work in the Child Welfare Clinic
, PB
became interested in socialism (although she never formally joined the Labour Party). Her parents were horrified when she mentioned this...