Editing May Sinclair (section)

==Early life==
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Sinclair was born in [[Rock Ferry]], [[Cheshire]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Zegger |first=Hrisey D. |title=May Sinclair |publisher=Boston: Twayne Publishers |year=1976 |isbn=9780805766660 |pages=16 |language=English}}</ref> Her mother, Amelia Sinclair, was strict and religious; her father, William Sinclair, was a [[Liverpool]] shipowner, who went bankrupt when Sinclair was seven years old and became an alcoholic.<ref name=":0" /> Her parents separated and Sinclair lived with her mother, moving around and relying on the help of relatives.<ref name=":0" /> At 18 years old, Sinclair was enrolled at [[Cheltenham Ladies College]], but her mother took her out after one year.<ref name=":0" /> She became obliged to look after her brothers, as four of the five, all older than she, were suffering from fatal congenital heart disease.<ref>{{Cite web |title=May Sinclair – Modernism Lab |url=https://campuspress.yale.edu/modernismlab/may-sinclair/#:~:text=Clair%20was%20born%20in%20Rock,that%20resulted%20in%20early%20death. |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=campuspress.yale.edu}}</ref>