# Barbara Strachey

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{{Short description|British author (1912–1999)}}
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'''Barbara Halpern Strachey''' (17 July 1912 – 15 October 1999 in [Oxford](/source/Oxford), England) was a British author.<ref name="obit99">{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-barbara-strachey-1127122.html | newspaper=[The Independent](/source/The_Independent) | title=Obituary: Barbara Strachey | first=Paul | last=Levy | date=19 November 1999 }}</ref>

Barbara Strachey was born to parents [Oliver Strachey](/source/Oliver_Strachey), a cryptographer in [World War I](/source/World_War_I) and [World War II](/source/World_War_II), and the feminist politician, writer, and amateur painter [Ray Strachey](/source/Ray_Strachey). She attended schools in [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland), [Vienna](/source/Vienna), and [Oxford High School](/source/Oxford_High_School%2C_Oxford).<ref name="obit99" /> She studied [history](/source/history) at [Lady Margaret Hall](/source/Lady_Margaret_Hall), [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University).<ref name="aim25">{{cite web| url=http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=10528&inst_id=65 | title=Strachey Family Papers | publisher=[AIM25](/source/AIM25) | location=UK | accessdate=17 November 2016 }}</ref> Later she worked for the [BBC](/source/BBC) for a period, and was involved in the transformation of the [General Overseas Service](/source/General_Overseas_Service) into the [World Service](/source/World_Service) in 1965.<ref name="obit99" />

In 1934, Barbara Strachey married Olaf Hultin, the son of Professor [Arvid Hultin](/source/Arvid_Hultin) of [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki), but they divorced in 1937.<ref name="obit99" /> They had one son, Roger. She married for a second time in 1937, to Wolf Halpern, the son of Dr [George Halpern](/source/George_Halpern) of [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem), who was killed in WWII. After the death of her brother, the computer scientist [Christopher Strachey](/source/Christopher_Strachey), she moved to a small house in [Jericho, Oxford](/source/Jericho%2C_Oxford) in 1975. She took up writing and was interested in the works of [J. R. R. Tolkien](/source/J._R._R._Tolkien).

Strachey was interviewed, twice in January 1977 and once in August 1979, by the historian, [Brian Harrison](/source/Brian_Harrison_(historian)), as part of the Suffrage Interviews project, titled ''Oral evidence on the suffragette and suffragist movements: the Brian Harrison interviews.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=London School of Economics and Political Science |title=The Suffrage Interviews |url=https://www.lse.ac.uk/library/collection-highlights/the-suffrage-interviews |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=London School of Economics and Political Science |language=en-GB}}</ref> She talks primarily about her mother, [Ray Strachey](/source/Ray_Strachey), but also about her own interest in the Women's Employment Federation and her memories of family life when growing up.

==Books==
Strachey published a number of books:<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&text=Barbara+Strachey&search-alias=books-uk&field-author=Barbara+Strachey&sort=relevancerank | title=Barbara Strachey | publisher=[Amazon.co.uk](/source/Amazon.co.uk) | accessdate=16 November 2016 }}</ref>
 
* ''Remarkable Relations'' (1980)
* ''[Journeys of Frodo](/source/Journeys_of_Frodo)'' (1981) 
* ''Mary Berenson – A Self-Portrait from Her Diaries and Letters'' (1984, with [Jayne Samuels](/source/Jayne_Samuels))
* ''The Strachey Line'' (1985)
* ''L'atlas du Seigneur des Anneaux'' (with [Jérôme Lereculey](/source/J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Lereculey))
* ''The Cause: A Short History of the Women's Movement in Great Britain'' (with [Ray Strachey](/source/Ray_Strachey))

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web| url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp16785/barbara-strachey-hultin-later-halpern | title=Barbara Strachey (Hultin, later Halpern) (1912–1999), Writer | publisher=[National Portrait Gallery](/source/National_Portrait_Gallery%2C_London) | location=UK | accessdate=16 November 2016 }}

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