Beryl "Beb" Hearnden (1897 – 22 January 1978) was an English progressive farmer, journalist and author.

Biography

From 1919 to about 1951, Beryl Hearnden lived with

Lady Eve Balfour Lady Evelyn Barbara Balfour, (16 July 1898 – 16 January 1990) was a British farmer, educator, organic farming pioneer, and a founding figure in the organic movement. She was one of the first women to study agriculture at an English university ...

in a farming cooperative. They met through Balfour's sister, Mary, who was Hearnden's friend. She left to pursue a career as journalist in London. In the 1920s and 1930s, she wrote, with Balfour, several detective novels under the pseudonym Hearnden Balfour:() In 1939, she wrote, together with Louise Ernestine Matthaei Howard, ''What Country Women Use'', a book that advised women living in the country on how they could best use the natural resources around them. From 1953 to 1956, she was an officer of the

Associated Country Women of the World The Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) is the largest international organization for both rural and urban women, with a membership of nine million in over 70 countries. ACWW holds a triennial conference and publishes a magazine, ''The Cou ...

. The A.C.W.W. were women who lived in rural and urban areas, representatives of many races, nationalities and creeds, believing that peace and progress could best be advanced by friendship and understanding through communication and working together to improve the quality of life for all people.

Works

*''A Gentleman from Texas'' (1927) *''The Paper Chase'' (1928) *''The Enterprising Burglar'' (1928) *''Anything Might Happen'' (1931) *''What Country Women Use'' (1939)

References

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