Winifred Stephens Whale (30 January 1870[1] - 8 September 1944[2]) was an English teacher, author, editor, journalist, and translator.
[2][4] In 1923 she married solicitor, freethinker, and chairman of the Rationalist Press Association George Whale, who died suddenly in 1925.
[2] During their marriage, the couple hosted a literary salon, which included guests such as, H. G. Wells, James George Frazer, and the political scientist Graham Wallas.
[7] This annual prize was awarded for "the best work of imagination produced within a given time by one of the younger British authors or by one who is considered not to have received adequate recognition".
Mrs. Whale had been in later years an invalid: but her ever-increasing suffering never diminished her interest in the work of the committee, her alertness of mind, and tranquil good humour.