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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 · 7,804 ratings · 768 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford, Christopher Hitchens (Introduction) 4.13 avg rating — 3,843 ratings — published 1960 — 25 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 — 2,057 ratings — published 1963 — 8 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
	Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford by Jessica Mitford, Peter Y. Sussman (Editor) 4.09 avg rating — 469 ratings — published 2006 — 6 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 3.99 avg rating — 475 ratings — published 1961 — 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
	A Fine Old Conflict 4.11 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 1977 — 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
	The American Way of Birth really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 1992 — 6 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 by Jessica Mitford, Carl Bernstein (Afterword) 4.10 avg rating — 269 ratings — published 1979 — 7 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 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1973 — 4 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 4.31 avg rating — 26 ratings — 2 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 Trial of Dr. Spock, The Rev. William Sloane Coffin Jr., Michael Ferber, Mitchell Goodman, and Marcus Raskin 3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1969 — 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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Quotes by Jessica Mitford

“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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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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