| Evidence: | '"The Times" is exciting itself over the surplus women, as revealed by the census - 102 per 1,000, I believe, to be exact! They were quite nice to us in a leading article today, and said that women who had lost their husbands or lovers in the War couldn't be expected on that account to relegate themselves to perpetual widowhood or spinsterhood.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 25 Aug 1921 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Vera Brittain |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | The Times |
| Genre: | newspaper article |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | published 25 August 1921 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 22042 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Youth | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 577 | |
| Additional comments: | Quotation taken from a letter written by Vera Brittain to Winifred Holtby, dated 25 August 1921. |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 577, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22042, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
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