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Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Evelyn Adelaide Sharp
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October 1955
Evelyn Adelaide Sharp
(later a baroness; not to be confused with suffragist and writer
Evelyn Sharp
) was named head of the
Ministry of Housing and Local Government
, becoming the first woman Permanent Secretary...