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'The Fruit of Many Years': Bertrand Russell and Vera Brittain

Authors :
Alan Bishop
Source :
Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies. 39:121-137
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Project MUSE, 2019.

Abstract

In her dedicated promotion of feminism and pacifism, especially during the 1930s, Vera Brittain (1893–1970) was strongly influenced by Ber­trand Russell’s writings, especially Marriage and Morals (1929) and Which Way to Peace? (1936). Both were members of the Peace Pledge Union, and she continued as a sponsor after Russell abandoned his pac­ifism soon after the beginning of the Second World War. She admired his political and social activism in the aftermath of that war, endorsing it as much as her family situation allowed; and, as chairman of the Peace News board, Brittain intervened in Russell’s support when a dispute broke out between him and the editor. Although their rela­tionship was personally limited, Russell’s influence on her opinions and actions was profound.

Details

ISSN :
19138032
Volume :
39
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies
Accession number :
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