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. …
Florence Anne Cooter (1912-2004): War and Memory Part Two The Second World War took place between 1939-45 and was commonly known as ‘The Peoples War’, often remembered as a time when …
Mary Stewart (B.1909-) : War and Memory Although Mary lived through both World War One and World War Two she does not choose to discuss either event in much …
Mary Howitt (1888-1983): War and Memory – Part 1 When being awarded the Red Cross Decoration, the Royal Warrant said that it can only be given upon any ladies, whether subjects …
R.W. Morris b.1895: Home and Family. Meals were a preoccupation of most miner’s wives…few miner’s families went hungry. Everything else might have to wait its turn in the …
Henrietta Burkin (born 1904): Home and Family Henrietta’s life is filled with powerful emotions, happy memories and strong family bonds. She prides herself on her close knit family and …
Anita Elizabeth Hughes (Born 1892): War and Memory The First World War only occupies a few paragraphs in Anita Elizabeth Hughes’s biography. The only aspects of her life she says …
Amy Frances Gomm: (b.1899): War and Memory – Part two ‘Life went on, though. I had to face it.’ (Gomm, pp.143) As we continue from part one, Amy told us of conscription …
Anita Elizabeth Hughes (born 1892): Politics and Protest Anita Elizabeth Hughes’s autobiography focuses on her personal life fully. Even when big events are happening in Britain such as the First …
Bessie Wallis (b.1904): Life Writing, Class and identity. ‘At the start of the Twentieth Century, women had a very stereotypical role in British society. If married, they stayed at home to …
