Rebecca West
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Dame Cecily Isabel Fairfield, known as Rebecca West, or Dame Rebecca West, was a British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer. An author who wrote in many genres, West reviewed books
Portrait of West by Madame Yevonde
West's grave in Brookwood Cemetery
Letitia Fairfield
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Josephine Letitia Denny Fairfield MB CM MD was a medical doctor, a lawyer, a war-worker, and the first ever female Chief Medical Officer for London. She received a CBE for her outstanding achievements
Rebecca West
…chose not to return after recovering from the illness, later describing her schooling at Watson's as akin to a "prison". West had two older sisters. Letitia ("Lettie"), who was the best educated of the three, became one of the first fully qualified female doctors in Britain, as well as a barrister at the…
Letitia Fairfield circa 1917