Before 1969 - DORIS LESSING (British Novelist)


Doris Lessing was famous for her depiction of the shackles of motherhood and marriage. Until 1969, she faced another restraint – she was barred from entering the United States because of her ties to subversives. Explaining her membership in the Left Book Club, a Communist reading group, Lessing said, "[They were people] who read everything, and who did not think it remarkable to read."