Record Number: 3851

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'when Gladys [Teal] took a job at a draper's shop around 1930, a female assistant gave her a Marie Stopes book on birth control , which she gratefully read'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

1930

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Gladys Teal

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

draper shop worker

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Marie Stopes

Title:

[book on birth control]

Genre:

Social Science, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
borrowed from another woman

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3851

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

218

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 218, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3851, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

See Gladys Teal, 'Grasp the Nettle', p.14-15. No further ref traceable in Rose.