Molly Keen: Biographical Entry
2:449 KEEN, Molly, ‘Childhood Memories, 1903 to 1921’, TS, pp.35 (c.12,000 words). Brunel University Library. Born 1903 in Hounslow. Father a …
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MOLLY KEEN (B.1903): LIFE WRITING, CLASS & IDENTITY
Exploring Molly Keen’s narrative in terms of the six types of working class autobiographies as described by Regenia Gagnier, Molly, unlike the …
MOLLY KEEN (B.1903): HABITS, CULTURE & BELIEF
Although those of the working class faced limitations with regards to what cultural and leisure activities they could partake in, many working …
MOLLY KEEN (B.1903): INTRODUCTION
‘Childhood Memories’, by Molly Keen, born in 1903 and one of five children of Charles and Helen Keen from the Bath Road, …