Clare Atwood

In 1916 Clare Atwood , known as Tony, went to live with EC and Christopher St John. A painter by training she, too, was put to work in theatrical productions painting sets. The three women...

CSJ 's and Edith Craig 's household expanded to include the painter Tony (Clare) Atwood ; the three lived together in Smallhythe Place and London for the rest of their lives.

In the early 1930s—when the persecution of lesbians in general and Radclyffe Hall in particular was raging in the wake of The Well of Loneliness trial—EC , Christopher St John , and Clare Atwood

CSJ , Edith Craig , and Tony Atwood spent much time in the company of Radclyffe Hall and Una Troubridge , who were staying temporarily in Kent while their house was being renovated.

St John said that after she published her novels George Bernard Shaw (a great friend and supporter of her, Craig, and Tony Atwood ) suggested that she should write a history of her own unconventional...