Lilian Westall (born 1893): Life-Writing, Class and Identity The early 1900’s and throughout the First World War created much stress on families and class divide. The level of poverty …
Lilian Westall (born 1893): An Introduction Figure 1 Piccadilly Circus Circa 1900 “I rarely raised my hand because pride held me back from admitting poverty” Lilian Westall was …
Lillian Westall (born 1893): War and Memory The First World War, also known as The Great War began in 1914 and ended in 1918. Lilian was nineteen years old …
Lilian Westall (born 1893): Life and Labour (Part 1) Figure 1 Household Maids for a London Family in the early 20th Century Throughout Westall’s memoir, work is a main theme …
Lilian Westall (Born 1893); Researching Writing Lives This module gave me the memoir of Lilian Westall, a woman I will never forget. From the very beginning of the module …
Lilian Westall (born 1893): Habits, Culture and Belief I rarely raised my hand because pride held me back from admitting poverty (4) Lilian Westall was born at the turn of …
Lilian Westall (born 1893): Home and Family (Part 1) ‘If he was late – midnight, or after, he would be drunk’ (1) The family and the home, for Westall, are expressed …
Lilian Westall (born 1893): Life and Labour (Part 2) To tell you the truth I was beginning to feel tired.’ (10) Lilian Westall started working from fourteen years of age. …
Lilian Westall (born 1893): Home and Family (Part 2) After reading through Westall’s memoir I decided to look for her in national documents. I found Lilian Rose Westall, born April 2nd, …
Lilian Westall (born 1893): Purpose and Audience A Classic Autobiography contemplates the individual self and serves to look deeper into the human mind. It is self reflective, ‘writing as …
