Bessie Wallis (b. 1904)- Purpose and Audience
‘Most working-class autobiographies begin not with a family lineage or a birthdate but rather with an apology for their authors’ ordinariness’ (Gagnier, …
Bessie Wallis (b. 1904) Education & Schooling
‘In a few months I would be thirteen years and that would mean leaving school. I dreaded it’. Schooling is oftentaken for …
Bessie Wallis (b. 1904): An Introduction.
‘My YESTERDAYS were an equal mixture of good and bad… Life was what we made it when I was a child in …
Bessie Wallis (b. 1904) Habits, Culture & Beliefs
‘A gradual reduction in working hours and a higher level of disposable income for many people throughout the twentieth century created the …
Bessie Wallis (B.1904) Home & Family
‘I realise now we were one of the luckier families’ (1, J) When it comes to family relationships Bessie withholds little …
Bessie Wallis (b. 1904) Reading, Writing & Identity
‘ I could forget the family then but even my aunt and uncle had did have some good points. One great joy …
Bessie Wallis (b. 1904) Habits, Culture and Beliefs. Part Two
‘I have fought argued and stuck up for myself’ (6, 31). When previously looking at Bessie’s habits and culture, I …
Bessie Wallis (b.1904): Life Writing, Class and identity.
‘At the start of the Twentieth Century, women had a very stereotypical role in British society. If married, they stayed at home to …
Bessie Wallis (b. 1904) Researching Writing Lives
My YESTERDAYS were an equal mixture of good and bad… Life was what we made it when I was a child in …
Bessie Wallis (b. 1904) Life & Labour
‘As a generalization, the less literate the writer, and the less he was involved in specific activities of self-improvement or political activity, …