Steedman, Carolyn (1987) Diary. London Review of Books, Vol.9 (No.11). p. 21. ISSN 0260-9592

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Abstract

It would be disingenuous of me to pretend that my Conservative-voting mother ever caused me real embarrassment. She came from a line of Lancashire weavers, Liberal, then strong Labour voters. There are not many roles offered by the Labour movement to women, but the grittily romantic weaver-heroine is one of the few: dawn-rising, clogs on the cobbles, six looms managed, babies fed at the side door of the mill, money brought home, food to the table, doorsteps worn down by scrubbing: women worked to the bone. She arrived at adolescence and school-leaving age as the Lancashire cotton trade went into severe recession. She never went into the sheds, and worked at a series of unskilled jobs for the rest of her life. She always voted Tory.

Item Type:	Journal Item
Subjects:	C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CT Biography H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Women -- Political activity -- Great Britain, Voting -- Great Britain, Women -- Biography
Journal or Publication Title:	London Review of Books
Publisher:	L R B Ltd.
ISSN:	0260-9592
Book Title:	The Madwoman’s Underclothes: Essays and Occasional Writings 1968-1985
Date:	4 June 1987
Volume:	Vol.9
Number:	No.11
Page Range:	p. 21
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/37902

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