Julia Heath Weblog: Education and Schooling Margaret’s account of the schooling she received as a child is both amusing and heart rending. Margaret is extremely unique in that …
Julia Heath Researching Writing Lives This year, I have found being a part of the Writing Lives Research Project a thoroughly enjoyable and rewarding experience. The memoir …
Julia Heath Weblog: Home and Family This week I have began compiling information on my author for the Home and Family post. As Margaret spent her childhood moving …
Margaret Watson (b. 1907) Education and Schooling Looking back on her childhood, Margaret recalls how she often felt as though she was “not very clever” in comparison to her …
Margaret Watson (b.1907) Home and Family In 1907, Margaret Watson was born in “the dismal tenement home at Ann. St, Cowcaddens” in Glasgow (p.1). Being the first of …
Margaret Watson (b.1907) Life and Labour After the death of her mother in 1912, when she “was almost six years old” (p.1) Margaret’s childhood was forced to come …