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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

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Kingswood
county: Surrey
specific address: St Monica's School

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Vera Brittain

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Olive Schreiner

Title:

Woman and Labour

Genre:

Politics, feminism and socialism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

21382

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

n/a

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: 28 March 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.

   
   
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