Record Number: 3840
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Even those who read widely about sex often learned very little. In the 1920s Jennie Lee won a psychology degree from the University of Edinburgh... She went beyond the syllabus to read Ellis and Freud. While her collier father could not bring himself to discuss the subject, he was progressive enough to leave a book by Marie Stopes where she was likely to find it. All the same, Jennie was still capable of chatting with a prostitute on Princes Street without realizing what was going on. Stopes on sex "was all a bit remote and unattractive", she found'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1920 and 31 Dec 1930
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:collier's daughter, took degree in psychology
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unknown]
Genre:Social Science, Textbook / self-education, Medicine, Reference / General works, psychology of sex
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:3840
Source:Jonathan Rose
Editor:n/a
Title:The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes
Place of Publication:New Haven
Date of Publication:2001
Vol:n/a
Page:215
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 215, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3840, accessed: 20 April 2025
Additional Comments:
See Jennie Lee, 'The Great Journey' (London, 1963) pp.57-8
