Vera Brittain
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known-for
Writing
gender
Female
birthday
1893-12-29
place-of-birth
Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, England, UK
also-known-as
biography
Vera Mary Brittain was an English Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse, writer, feminist, socialist, and pacifist. Her best-selling 1933 memoir 'Testament of Youth' recounted her experiences during the First World War and the beginning of her journey towards pacifism.