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Esther Bruce

1912–1994

United Kingdom

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Josephine Esther Bruce (29 November 1912 – 17 July 1994) was a British seamstress living in London. Her autobiography, Aunt Esther's Story published in 1991 and co-authored with her adopted nephew Stephen Bourne, was one of the first books to document the life of a black working-class woman in Britain.

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