Mary Renault

Overview

Mary Renault (née Eileen Mary Challans) born Forest Gate, Essex, London, England September 4, 1905 (d. 1983). Historian and writer, leader of Black Sash women's movement against Apartheid.

Quotations

"It is better to learn war early from friends, than late from enemies." (The Bull from the Sea, p. 46, 1962; photo Wikipedia)