Biography
Violet Bonham Carter: Trailblazing Politician, Writer, and Advocate for Democracy
Violet Bonham Carter was born Helen Violet Asquith on 15 April 1887 in Hampstead, London, into a family that shaped the course of British politics. Her father, Herbert Henry Asquith, would later become the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, placing Violet in the heart of national affairs from a young age. Growing up in…