Her involvement in socialist circles led her to acquaintance with Sidney
and Beatrice Webb
, Edward Hulton
(editor of the Sunday Chronicle), and Robert Blatchford
, for whom she wrote several articles.
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Carswell, Catherine. Lying Awake: An Unfinished Autobiography and Other Posthumous Papers. Editor Carswell, John, 1st ed., Secker and Warburg, 1950.
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after reading Robert Blatchford
in her teens; she strongly opposed Fascism. Her son, John Carswell, notes that she espoused many left-wing causes.
Carswell, John, and Catherine Carswell. “Introduction”. Open the Door!, Virago, 1986, p. v - xvii.
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Carswell, John, and Catherine Carswell. “Introduction”. Open the Door!, Virago, 1986, p. v - xvii.
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Rebecca West
At the same time as these irreverent reviews appeared in The Freewoman and its successor, The New Freewoman, RW
was publishing articles in Robert Blatchford
's socialist newspaper, the Clarion, many of them...
