Ethel Holdsworth

Ethel Holdsworth (née Carnie; 1 January 1886 – 28 December 1962) was a working-class British writer, feminist, and socialist activist from Lancashire. A poet, journalist, children's writer and author, she was the first working-class woman in Britain to publish a novel and is a rare example of a female working-class novelist. She published at least ten novels during her lifetime.

Ethel Holdsworth
Ethel Carnie Holdsworth in 1907
BornEthel Carnie
(1886-01-01)1 January 1886
near Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Died28 December 1962(1962-12-28) (aged 76)
Resting placeBlackley cemetery, Greater Manchester
OccupationMill worker, novelist, Socialist campaigner
NationalityUK
Notable worksRhymes From the Factory (1907), Helen of Four Gates (1917), This Slavery (1925)
SpouseAlfred Holdsworth (m. 1915)
Children2
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