Cookson [née Davies], Dame Catherine Ann
(1906–1998)
- Kathleen Jones
Extract
Cookson [née Davies], Dame Catherine Ann (1906–1998), writer, was born on 20 June 1906 at 5 Leam Lane, South Shields, co. Durham, the illegitimate daughter of a domestic servant, Catherine Fawcett (1883–1956), known as Kate. Catherine was brought up by her grandmother and stepgrandfather (...
