Record Number: 4882
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"Florence Spong recounted in August 1909: 'As to breaking my [prison] cell window, I told them I only followed the advice given in the book, placed in my cell, entitled 'A Healthy Home, and How to Keep It.' In this book it stated that windows must be open both top and bottom, otherwise one laid oneself open to many dreadful diseases, including consumption'."
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: HMP Holloway
(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:Unknown/NA
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A Healthy Home, and How to Keep It
Genre:Housekeeping
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:4882
Source:Kate Flint
Editor:n/a
Title:The Woman Reader: 1837-1914
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1993
Vol:n/a
Page:246
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Kate Flint, The Woman Reader: 1837-1914, (Oxford, 1993), p. 246, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4882, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from Florence Spong, "My Mutiny and Hunger Strike," Votes For Women (13 August 1909) 1055.