Lottie Martin (1899-1976): An Introduction
Lottie Barker’s autobiography is not a typical account that would be expected of a working-class adolescent in the late nineteenth and early …
Emily Gertrude Lea (1906-1972) Education & Schooling
Up until changes in the education act in 1870, schooling was viewed as a privilege rather than a right, with schools being …
Lottie Martin (1899-1976): Life and Labour
Never Let Anyone Draw the Blinds by Lottie Martin illustrates, with great honesty, the life and labour of the working-classes. Indeed, there …
Emily Gertrude Lea (1902-1976): Reading & Writing
The fact that Lea penned a memoir of 32 pages to begin with assures us that Lea was highly literate and could …
Emily Gertrude Lea (1902-1976): Habits, Cultures & Beliefs
Over the twentieth century, the cultural and recreational habits of the working class began to change. For the first time ever, working …
Lottie Martin (1899-1976): Reading and Writing
Lottie Martin was born in Nottingham in 1899 into a working-class family. Throughout Never Let Anyone Draw the Blinds – her published …
Lottie Martin (1899-1976): Education and Schooling
‘I was developing into a clever little girl … I wanted very badly to get good marks, to please my mother, she …