Bessie Amelia Head, novelist, short story writer and social historian is born in Pietermaritzburg. Being the daughter of a Wh

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01Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC.

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South African History Online. (2012, June 28). Bessie Amelia Head, novelist, short story writer and social historian is born in Pietermaritzburg. Being the daughter of a Wh. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087543

South African History Online (2012) 'Bessie Amelia Head, novelist, short story writer and social historian is born in Pietermaritzburg. Being the daughter of a Wh', South African History Online, 28 June. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087543 (Accessed: 19 August 2026).

South African History Online, Bessie Amelia Head, novelist, short story writer and social historian is born in Pietermaritzburg. Being the daughter of a Wh [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087543, (accessed 19 August 2026).

"Bessie Amelia Head, novelist, short story writer and social historian is born in Pietermaritzburg. Being the daughter of a Wh." South African History Online, 28 June 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087543. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Bessie Amelia Head, novelist, short story writer and social historian is born in Pietermaritzburg. Being the daughter of a Wh." South African History Online. June 28, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0087543.