I discovered that Human Nature was not, as I had always supposed, a fixed and unalterable entity, that wars are not caused by a natural urge in men to fight, that ownership of land and factories is not necessarily the natural reward of greater wisdom and energy.

In 1970 Jessica Mitford publiJessica Mitfordd an article in the Atlantic Monthly "Let Us Now Appraise Famous Writers" an exposé of the Famous Writers School a correspondence course of questionable business practices founded by Bennett Cerf. I love the way Jessica Mitford never outgrew some of her adolescent traits remaining true to her politics – Jessica Mitford was a self-taught socialist – throughout her life. I think I've read everything Jessica Mitford wrote.

She became an American citizen in 1944.