Jessica Mitford

Jessica Mitford was a British and American writer, journalist and human rights defender (1917–1996). She was born at Oxfordshire and died at Oakland.

Also recorded as Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford; Hon. Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford; Jessica Mitford.

Jessica Mitford in brief

Born
1917
Died
1996
Known for
writer,journalist,human rights defender
Place of birth
Oxfordshire

Overview

Born at Oxfordshire in 1917, died at Oakland in 1996.

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford, Hon. Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford and Jessica Mitford. Her recorded language was English. Her recorded confession was atheism.

She was the child of David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale and Sydney Bowles. She married Esmond Romilly and Robert Treuhaft. 4 children are recorded: Julia Della Romilly, Constancia Romilly, Nicholas Treuhaft and Benjamin Treuhaft.

Catalogued works

21 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1824 to 2006. The first 12 are listed here.

Hons and Rebels. Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford. The American Way of Death. The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters. An extraordinary man. Grace had an English heart. Nobles y rebeldes. Faces of Philip. The American way of death revisited, dated 1998. Liberal Journalist on the Air and on the Waterfront : Oral History Transcript. Literary Voices #1. The American prison business, dated 1977.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 132681 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Mitford, Jessica Lucy, (Mrs Jessica Treuhaft), (11 Sept. 1917–23 July 1996), author, Who Was Who, 2007. Mitford, Jessica (1917-1996), writer and social critic, American National Biography Online, 2000. Mitford, Jessica Lucy Freeman- (1917–1996), writer and journalist, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Good Grief! Jessica Mitford Makes the New York Times Bestseller List, Rest in Peace, 2005. A Fine Old Conflict by Jessica Mitford (Knopf; 331 pp.; $10.00), Worldview, 1978.

In detail

the recorded working language is English.

Membership is recorded of Mitford sisters.

Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship.

Chronology

  1. 1917Jessica Mitford born at Oxfordshire.
  2. 1996Jessica Mitford died at Oakland.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Jessica Mitford”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q457856: Jessica Mitford

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