Norah Elliott (b.1903): Home & Family Part Two
This is part two on the home and family of Norah Elliott. For more of Norah’s home and family, read part one. As …
Norah Elliott (b.1903): Home & Family Part One
This is the first instalment of two posts on Norah Elliott’s home and family. If you’re new to the wonderful life of Norah …
Norah Elliott (b.1903): An Introduction
“Give me winged words To fly to every man, Sharp words, to pierce the heart, Soft words, to stir compassion, Wise words, …
Norah Elliott (b.1903): Reading & Writing
“I was a great reader” Although Norah Elliott became a dedicated school teacher, her dream was always to become a writer. Whilst …
Norah Elliott (b.1903): Researching Writing Lives
From the Burnett Archive of Working Class Autobiographies, I chose the untitled memoir of Norah Elliott. Her biographical entry intrigued me as …
Norah Elliott (b.1903): Migration, Immigration & Emigration
“In 1938 feeling that life was getting too complicated I went to the League and started to arrange an exchange to Victoria …
Norah Elliott (b.1903): Purpose & Audience
Norah Elliott’s autobiography represents her hard-working Grandfather Pilch, her beloved Aunt Susan, her drowned father, her mentally ill mother, her adopted family …
Norah Elliott (b.1903): Education & Schooling
A basic educational system was operating in Britain by 1914, and whilst for most schoolchildren it did not take them beyond the …
Norah Elliott (b.1903): Politics, Protest & Class
“John, my father, went down the Annesley Pit and became involved in the 1911 strike and was blacklisted” One of the characteristics …
Norah Elliott (b.1903): Illness, Health & Disability
Much of Norah’s memoir discusses illness, both physical and mental. Norah’s ancestors, her siblings and Norah herself suffered with illness and disability. Norah …