Helen Mort: Ethel Haythornthwaite – Countryside Revolutionary

Ethel Haythornthwaite was a pioneer, activist, environmentalist and poet whose tireless campaigning led to the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 and the creation of the Peak District National Park. Helen Mort, whose published work includes poetry, fiction and non-fiction, with a particular interest in women and mountaineering, gives a clear-eyed account of this countryside revolutionary who has been overlooked by history.

Book: Ethel – The Biography of Countryside Pioneer Ethel Haythornthwaite (Vertebrate Publishing)

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