![]() ![]() After moving to Oakland, California, she worked as executive secretary for the Civil Rights Congress, where she pressed for the investigation into charges of police brutality. ![]() She married a lawyer in 1943, and became a naturalized U.S. Mitford worked in Washington, D.C., for two years in the Office of Price Administration after Romilly was killed in actionĭuring World War II. in 1939, where each took odd jobs while traveling along the Eastern seaboard. Mitford and her husband emigrated to the U.S. They worked briefly as journalists before returning to England, where Mitford was a market researcher for an advertising agency. ![]() After receiving a private education at home, Mitford ran away with and married her second cousin, Esmond Romilly, in 1936 to assist the Loyalist cause in Spain. Her eccentric siblings include Nancy, the biographer Diana, the wife of fascist Oswald Mosley and Unity, disciple of Hitler. Jessica Mitford was the daughter of the second baron of Redesdale. Born 11 September 1917, Batsford Mansion, Gloucestershire, England died 23 July 1996ĭaughter of David and Sydney Bowles Mitford married Esmond Romilly, 1936 Robert E. ![]()
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