Pat Barr | |
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Born | Patricia Miriam Copping
[1] 25 April 1934 [1] Norwich, United Kingdom [1] [2] |
Died | 20 March 2018[1] | (aged 83)
Occupation | writer, novelist, social historian, journalist |
Nationality | British |
Pat Barr (25 April 1934 – 20 March 2018) was a British novelist, writer of social history and journalist. [1] She was born in Norwich, attended Norwich High School for Girls and studied English at the University of Birmingham. [1] [2] She worked as a teacher at Yokohama International School in Japan. [1] [2] [3] She also studied for a master's degree from University College London. [1]
In the 1960s Barr was Assistant Secretary of the National Old People's Welfare Council. [4] In this role she wrote The Elderly: Handbook on Care and Services (1968), and edited a book of older people's memories of their childhoods, I Remember: An Arrangement for Many Voices (1970).
Barr's history books include:
Her first novel, written jointly with her husband John Barr under the pen name Laurence Hazard, was The Andean Murders (1960). [1]
Her other novels include:
Four of her novels were bestsellers. [1]
Barr was active as a feminist and as a member of the Women in Media group. [1] She contributed a chapter, "Newspapers", to Is This Your Life?: Images of Women in the Media (1977), and wrote The Framing of the Female (1978). She also wrote for the feminist magazine Spare Rib.[ citation needed]
Barr died in Norwich in 2018. [1]
Pat Barr | |
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Born | Patricia Miriam Copping
[1] 25 April 1934 [1] Norwich, United Kingdom [1] [2] |
Died | 20 March 2018[1] | (aged 83)
Occupation | writer, novelist, social historian, journalist |
Nationality | British |
Pat Barr (25 April 1934 – 20 March 2018) was a British novelist, writer of social history and journalist. [1] She was born in Norwich, attended Norwich High School for Girls and studied English at the University of Birmingham. [1] [2] She worked as a teacher at Yokohama International School in Japan. [1] [2] [3] She also studied for a master's degree from University College London. [1]
In the 1960s Barr was Assistant Secretary of the National Old People's Welfare Council. [4] In this role she wrote The Elderly: Handbook on Care and Services (1968), and edited a book of older people's memories of their childhoods, I Remember: An Arrangement for Many Voices (1970).
Barr's history books include:
Her first novel, written jointly with her husband John Barr under the pen name Laurence Hazard, was The Andean Murders (1960). [1]
Her other novels include:
Four of her novels were bestsellers. [1]
Barr was active as a feminist and as a member of the Women in Media group. [1] She contributed a chapter, "Newspapers", to Is This Your Life?: Images of Women in the Media (1977), and wrote The Framing of the Female (1978). She also wrote for the feminist magazine Spare Rib.[ citation needed]
Barr died in Norwich in 2018. [1]