6 Quotes & Sayings By Winifred Holtby

Winifred Holtby was an English novelist, playwright and short story writer. She is best known for her novel The Road from Coorain, which was made into a film of the same name. Winifred Holtby was born in London, England. After an unhappy childhood, Holtby attended Oxford University, where she founded the Oxford Dramatic Society Read more

She went on to work as a journalist and was an editor at both The Evening News and The Daily Telegraph before becoming a full-time writer in 1925. A collection of her short stories (Wife, Mother and Child) was published in 1924. Her first novel, A Shilling for Candles (1928), drew on her experience as a newspaper journalist for its depiction of an isolated community of women living in the British countryside.

Her second novel, The Dark Island (1930), dealt with the plight of immigrant women in London's East End. A collection of short stories appeared in 1932 under the title Wife, Mother and Child.

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I am a feminist because I dislike everything that feminism implies. I desire an end to the whole business, the demands for equality, the suggestion of sex warfare, the very name feminist. I want to be about the work in which my real interests like, the writing of novels and so forth. But while inequality exists, while injustice is done and opportunity denied to the great majority of women, I shall have to be a feminist. And I shan't be happy till I get . a society in which there is no distinction of persons either male or female, but a supreme regard for the importance of the human being. And when that dream is a reality, I will say farewell to feminism, as to any disbanded but victorious army, with honour for its heroes, gratitude for its sacrifice, and profound relief that the hour for its necessity has passed. Winifred Holtby
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God give me work till my life shall end And life till my work is done. Winifred Holtby
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The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing. Winifred Holtby
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I am fierce for work. Without work I am nothing. Winifred Holtby
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The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation it is understanding. Winifred Holtby