Laase, Emily2020-09-142020-052020-04-122020Laase, Emily. 2020. “Peer’s Daughters”: The Mitford Sisters, Public Scandal, and Aristocratic Female Politics. Master's thesis, Harvard Extension School.https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37365017Following the First World War, Britain experienced drastic social and political change. In a period of upheaval, aristocratic women strove to balance social and political changes with centuries of aristocratic tradition. The Mitford sisters provide a unique cross section of female aristocratic life during this changing time and illustrate a variety of female reactions to this balancing act through their varied political beliefs.application/pdfaristocraticpoliticswomen, MitfordfascismcommunismThesis or Dissertation2020-09-14