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Old 23-02-2012, 18:33   #10
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Re: Ethel Carnie Holdsworth, radical & writer

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Originally Posted by greatharwood View Post
Tha waren't many local radical feminist authors in the early last century so I suppose we 'Arroders won't mind if other communities try to associate themselves with Ethel (in a small and respectful way). Though of course her formative years were spent in the mills of Great Harwood.

Born, bred, and raised in Oswaldtwistle.

She moved with her family to Great Harwood aged six.

In accordance with the Jesuit saying, about 'Give me the child until seven, and I'll give you the man', that makes her already 86% fully formed as a person, when she had the misfortune to relocate.

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