Ethel Holdsworth
Ethel Holdsworth | |
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Ethel Carnie Holdsworth in 1907 | |
| Born | Ethel Carnie 1 January 1886 near Blackburn, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 28 December 1962 (aged 76) |
| Resting place | Blackley cemetery, Greater Manchester |
| Occupation | Mill worker, novelist, Socialist campaigner |
| Nationality | UK |
| Notable works | Rhymes From the Factory (1907), Helen of Four Gates (1917), This Slavery (1925) |
| Spouse | Alfred Holdsworth (m. 1915) |
| Children | 2 |
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.