| Evidence: | "'At a critical juncture', as she put it [in her autobiography] ... [Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence] read a novel which appealed directly to her combined desires for independence, purpose, and social usefulness: Walter Besant's Children of Gibeon ..." |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1867 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Walter Besant |
| Title: | Children of Gibeon |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 4856 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Kate Flint | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Woman Reader: 1837-1914 | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1993 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 236 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Kate Flint, The Woman Reader: 1837-1914 (Oxford, 1993), p. 236, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4856, accessed: 02 December 2023 | |
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