▁better ▁flat ▁in ▁King ' s ▁Cross . ▁ ▁During ▁this ▁time , ▁these ▁fl ats ▁operated ▁as ▁something ▁like ▁a ▁literary ▁sal on , ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁here ▁that ▁E ld ers h aw ▁and ▁Bar n ard ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁entertain ▁many ▁of ▁their ▁literary ▁pe ers . ▁ ▁Like ▁Mar jor ie ▁Bar n ard , ▁she ▁never ▁married . ▁As ▁her ▁health ▁failed ▁due ▁to ▁" year s ▁of ▁over work ▁and ▁financial ▁wor ries ", ▁she ▁went ▁to ▁her ▁sister ' s ▁place ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 . ▁Iron ically , ▁she ▁was ▁granted ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁literary ▁p ensions ▁she ▁had ▁fought ▁hard ▁to ▁establish ▁a ▁de cade ▁earlier . ▁She ▁died ▁in ▁hospital ▁of ▁a ▁c ere br al ▁th rom b osis ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 . ▁ ▁Liter ary ▁career ▁ ▁E ld ers h aw ▁was ▁a ▁leading ▁figure ▁in ▁Sydney ▁literary ▁circles , ▁becoming , ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 5 , ▁the ▁first ▁woman ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁Fellow ship ▁of ▁Australian ▁Writ ers ▁( FA W ), ▁a ▁position ▁she ▁held ▁again ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 3 . ▁As ▁De ver ▁writes , ▁" With ▁Bar n ard ▁and ▁Frank ▁Dal by ▁Dav ison , ▁she ▁developed ▁policies ▁on ▁political ▁and ▁cultural ▁issues , ▁and ▁helped ▁to ▁transform ▁the ▁F . A . W . ▁into ▁a ▁vocal ▁and ▁sometimes ▁controvers ial ▁lo bb y ▁group ". ▁Through ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 3 0 s