Record Number: 21382
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'To Olive Schreiner's "Woman and Labour" - that "Bible of the Woman's Movement" which sounded to the world of 1911 as insistent and inspiring as a trumpet-call summoning the faithful to a vital crusade - was due my final acceptance of feminism.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 29 Dec 1908 and 29 Dec 1912
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Kingswood
county: Surrey
specific address: St Monica's School
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:29 Dec 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Woman and Labour
Genre:Politics, feminism and socialism
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:21382
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Youth
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1978
Vol:n/a
Page:41
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 41, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21382, accessed: 02 May 2024
Additional Comments:
The age range covers Vera Brittain's age from fifteen to eighteen, as she says earlier in the chapter that she includes this book as one of three works which influenced her between these ages.