Plymouth's Literary Past in the Writing of its Women
Plymouth Hoe and Smeaton's Tower cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Ian Capper - geograph.org.uk/p/4651696 Women Writing on the Devon Land A – Z of Devon Women Writers & Places Plymouth's Literary Past in the Writing of its Women Early Plymouth Radicals Yes, I know I could have chosen Paignton, Pinhoe or Princetown as the parish to represent P in this A – Z of Devon’s Women Writers (up to ca. 1965). There’s a cluster of women linked with these places whose lives and writings could be included. But really, it had to be Plymouth. Or, rather, given its important place in Devon’s history and the fact that it is the second largest city in the south-west, Plymouth could not be left out. Over the years (and up until circa 1965) plenty of women writers have lived or written about Plymouth and its surrounding area. I’ve already mentioned a few in passing in previous blog posts - see Frances Gregg, the War and The Mystic Leeway The Parker Circle of Saltra