About Winifred Holtby
Winifred Holtby (1893–1935)
was born in the East Riding of Yorkshire. She was educated at Scarborough
College, Oxford, and gave up her studies to join the Women’s Auxiliary Army
Corps in France during the First World War. Later she became an ardent feminist
and lecturer on politics and was a prolific contributor to many newspapers. Her
last and best-known novel was South
Riding, which was finished shortly before her early death.