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Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford (Asthall, 11 settembre 1917 – Oakland, 22 luglio 1996) è stata una scrittrice, giornalista e attivista britannica, membro della omonima famiglia aristocratica anglosassone
- Oakland, 22 luglio 1996
- The Hon. Mrs. Jessica Lucy Treuhaft Freeman-Mitford
- Asthall, 11 settembre 1917
- Famiglia Mitford
Mitford. Jessica Lucy " Decca " Treuhaft ( née Freeman-Mitford, later Romilly; 11 September 1917 – 23 July 1996) was an English author, one of the six aristocratic Mitford sisters noted for their sharply conflicting politics.
21 lug 2016 · In the 1960s, British aristocrat Jessica Mitford wrote a best-seller on the funeral industry’s practices. Twenty years after her death, she can still teach us how to handle mortality.
27 mar 2024 · Notable Family Members: sister Nancy Mitford. Jessica Mitford (born Sept. 11, 1917, Gloucestershire, England—died July 23, 1996, Oakland, Calif., U.S.) was an English-born writer and journalist noted for her witty and irreverent investigations of various aspects of American society.
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25 set 2014 · Jessica, known to friends and family as Decca, counteracted Unity's Nazism and became a communist. Eloping with her fellow communist cousin, Esmond Romilly, she ran off to fight the fascists ...
British-born American radical and "muckraking" writer, whose bestseller, The American Way of Death, led to reforms of the American funeral industry. Name variations: Decca. Born Jessica Lucy Mitford in Batsford Mansion, Gloucestershire, England, on September 11, 1917; died on July 23, 1996, at her home in Oakland, California; sixth of the seven ...
13 giu 2014 · Fri 13 Jun 2014 02.00 EDT. Last modified on Thu 26 Mar 2020 10.23 EDT. Jessica Mitford is here for the fourth time since her pre-war departure to America. And for two typically schizoid reasons...
