Record Number: 3851
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
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: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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[book on birth control]
Genre:Social Science, Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
borrowed from another woman
Source Information:
Record ID:3851
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: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: 20 April 2025
Additional Comments:
See Gladys Teal, 'Grasp the Nettle', p.14-15. No further ref traceable in Rose.