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Record Number: 9941


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have just read "Mrs. Pankhurst's Own Story" and Mrs. Swanwick's autobiography, "I have been Young". Both books show that by this time there was a tremendous demand on the part of women for the franchise'.

Century:

1850-1899, 1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1905 and 31 Dec 1918

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Hannah Mitchell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

11 Feb 1872

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)

Occupation:

seamstress

Religion:

n/a

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:

Emmeline Pankhurst

Title:

My Own Story

Genre:

Biography, Autobiog / Diary, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1914

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

9941

Source:

Print

Author:

Hannah Mitchell

Editor:

Geoffrey Mitchell

Title:

The Hard Way Up

Place of Publication:

England

Date of Publication:

1968

Vol:

n/a

Page:

171

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hannah Mitchell, Geoffrey Mitchell (ed.), The Hard Way Up (England, 1968), p. 171, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=9941, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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