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Alice from Tooting: 1879-1977 Working Class Autobiography (Ordinary Lives)

Alice from Tooting: 1879-1977 Working Class Autobiography (Ordinary Lives)

by Anne Bott (Editor), Alice Mullen (Author), Anne Bott (Editor)

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    Paperback 1997

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Synopsis

Few working class women of Alice's generation wrote their autobiography, which includes harsh times in domestic service, gaining her ambition to become a nurse, marrying a widower and becoming a mother and step-mother and, eventually in old age living with her daughter Bertha in Chard. As well as general readers, this book is sought for first-hand information about housing conditions, female employment and social circumstances during Alice's lifetime.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 206
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Plowright Press
Published: 23 Jun 1997
ISBN 10: 0951696041
ISBN 13: 9780951696040

Media Reviews
The journal Oral History states: Contrary to the contemporary myths about stable Victorian life, Alice records the break-up of her parents' marriage, a neighbour who was a rapist, the trials of being a stepmother and much more. Journal of Kent History: It is inspiring to read of the willpower which overcame the appalling social and housing conditions experienced not only by the Mullen family but also thousands of working class people at that time. Other reviews included South London Press; photos features in Wimbledon News and Wandsworth Borough Guardian: and Local History journal which stated: There are many tiny details of domestic life like the dogs who did not get on, or the toilet in the Boscombe lodging house with a picture of Windsor Castle in blue painted on the bowl. Domestic service is shown to be full of pitfalls, with housekeepers helping themselves to food or being too fond of alcohol.