Agnes Cowper (1874-1963): Life and Labour
Agnes Cowper grew up in the City of Liverpool with her childhood spent amongst seafaring families like her own. A Backward Glance …
Agnes Cowper (1874-1963): Introduction
A Backward Glance on Merseyside is the autobiography written by Agnes Cowper when she was seventy-five years old. Agnes was born …
Agnes Cowper (1874-1963): Habits, Culture and Belief
Agnes Cowper spent a large part of her childhood amongst the community of seafaring families like her own in Toxteth Park, Liverpool. …
Agnes Cowper (1874-1963): Home and Family
The fundamental theme that runs throughout Agnes Cowper’s autobiography, A Backward Glance on Merseyside, is that of family. Her mother, father and …
Agnes Cowper (1874-1963): Purpose and Audience
In the author’s preface to A Backward Glance on Merseyside, Agnes Cowper provides an explanation for writing an autobiography. She states that she …
Agnes Cowper (1874-1963) Politics and Protest
Although there is no mention in her autobiography, A Backward Glance on Merseyside, of any political action taken by Agnes Cowper herself, her …
Agnes Cowper (1874-1963): Reading and Writing
Agnes Cowper came from a working class, seafaring, Liverpudlian family. On leaving school at the age of fourteen she became an assistant …
Agnes Cowper (1874-1963): Education and Schooling
In her autobiography, A Backward Glance on Merseyside, Agnes writes little of her own schooling. She said: Of my school days I …
Agnes Cowper (1874-1963): War, Memory and Life Writing
In A Backward Glance on Merseyside, Agnes Cowper writes of her brother Ernest Cowper. Like John, Ernest moved to Canada. At onset of …