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Jessica Mitford

Born

in The United Kingdom

September 11, 1917

Died

July 22, 1996

Website

http://www.themitfordinstitute.org/

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction

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Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford was an English author, journalist and political campaigner, who was one of the Mitford sisters. She gained American citizenship in later life.

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Average rating: 4.06 · 10,685 ratings · 1,109 reviews · 43 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hons and Rebels 4.11 avg rating — 5,543 ratings — published 1960 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The American Way of Death Revisited 3.97 avg rating — 2,633 ratings — published 1963 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The American Way of Death 3.97 avg rating — 583 ratings — published 1963	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford by Jessica Mitford, Peter Y. Sussman (Editor) 4.10 avg rating — 491 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking 4.13 avg rating — 318 ratings — published 1979 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Fine Old Conflict 4.11 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 1977 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The American Way of Birth 4.03 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 1992 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kind and Usual Punishment: The Prison Business 4.17 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1973 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The making of a muckraker 4.39 avg rating — 28 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grace Had an English Heart 3.73 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.”
― Jessica Mitford

tags: muck-raking, social-action, writing

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“A thirteen-year-old is a kaleidoscope of different personalities, if not in most ways a mere figment of her own imagination. At that age, what and who you are depends largely on what book you happen to be reading at the moment.”
― Jessica Mitford, Hons and Rebels

tags: books, reading, teenagers

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“Objectivity? I always have an objective. ”
― Jessica Mitford

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February 2019 poll

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

8 votes, 44.4%

10 Days in a Madhouse by Nellie Bly

4 votes, 22.2%

Hons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford

2 votes, 11.1%

War in Val d'Orcia: An Italian War Diary, 1943-1944 by Iris Origo

2 votes, 11.1%

Complete Stories by Dorothy Parker

2 votes, 11.1%

The Sorceress of the Strand by L.T. Meade

0 votes, 0.0%

18 total votes

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