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WOMEEN'S LIVES INTO PRIINT Wotmnen' s Lives into Print The Theorryy, Practice and Writing of Feminist Auto/lBiography Edited by Pauline Polkey Firsl pubHshed in Greal Brilain 1999 hy MACMlLLAN PRESS LTD Houndmill~. Basingsloke, Hampshirc RG21 6XS and London Compan ies and represenlal iv es Ih roughout Ih e world A catalogue reeord for Ihis book is available from Ihe Bridsh UbraT)'. ISBN 978-1-349-40067-6 ISBN 978-0-230-37457-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230374577 Firsl publishcd in Ihe United Stales of America 1999 by ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, [NC .. Scho[arly and Reference Division, 175 Fiflh Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 ISBN 978-0-312-22352-6 Library ofCongress Calaloging-in-Publicalion Dala Women's lives inlo print: the theory. practice and writillg of fern in ist aUlo/biograph y I ed il ed by Pau Ii ne Pol ke y. p. em. Includes bibliographical referellces and index. ISBN 978-0-312-22352-6 (cloth) I. Women's sLudies-Biographical meLhnds. 2. Women-Biography- -Metlmdology. 3. Autobiography-Women oUlhors. J. Polkey. Pauline, 1958- . HQ1185.W67 1999 HO!f.06692---de 2 1 99-1 H1 58 CIP Seieci ion, editorial malle rand Chapter 5 © PiLu lin e Pol ke y 1999 Chaplcrs 1-4.6-15 © M~cmmml Press LId [999 All ri g hl s reserv('d. No reprod uct ion .•· upy ur lransm is s io n or th is pu hl ka! ion may bo:- made wilhoUI wrinen permission. No parugr..tph or this pUh[ication muy oe reproduced. ~opied or transmiued silve with written pennission or in ilccordanee with the provisions of thc Copyright. Designs und Palents ACI 19118. or under the tenns of Imy liecnce pennining limiled copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Ag.:ncy. 90 Toucnham Coun Ruad. Lundon W IP OLP. Any person who does any unaulhorised act in relUlion 10 this pl1blicillion may Oe liable tu cri mi na [ prosecutlon und ci vii cl ai ms f or dn mage s. The authoTs have asserted their righls 10 he identified as Ihe authoTs of Ihis wurk in accordance with Ihe Copyright. Designs and Patenls Ac! 1988. This hook is prinled on paper suitablc for recycling and made from fully managed und suSI ai n ed forest so urees. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 ::! I 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 0 I 00 99 Contents LLii~s1t ojf 1Il/IlluISstimtlioulls V\,1l1l Ackumulfdgenll'n ts \' IIlIlI No/tces 011 ItIhILe' CoO11l lIt ributors ix IInI/ rnoldli lu/ct! iOonIl xiiii PAART I THEEORY Puttling Woommeenn's LLiives into PPrint: FFeemmiinnist Etthics, Methodologies and EEppiisstemollogies How Do We Knilow abboout Paasst Livvees? Mlvlectthhooddoolologgicic<al1l nand Epiisstlt'e1lm10o1looggi<ic.'adl Maatteers Innvolvi ng PI'rinc(e' PPhilip, the Russsi<n11n1 Revolution, EEmily Wilddinng DDavisson, My Muum and the Abbsseent SuuCe' Liz Stianul/Ilct'y 3 2 Teerrrible Times: Experience, Etthhnicitly a(lnnd Auto/Biioography BoOg;u\IsIiSni aTlci'1!1Il1pp!lc 22 3 Meemory, Trruuth ac:nmdd Ornal1 i lty: the LLi\ v\ 'cI'sS of Northern Woomen l-Ieexltilec Woorrkkeerss Chris/tiiin/(e' KC('Jll/ully 34 4 Feemmiinist Ethics nand Issues in the Production nand Usec of Life History Rr~ecsseea;rucch Lesley FOorITre('stl a(lnild JIluledly Gilees 44 PART II PRACTICE RReccovvering and RReeaadding Woommen's LLives:: Interpretive IIssues 5 Reeccuupperating the Loovvee-Paassssioons of Eddith Simcox PaUullfiiul/el' Pool/khe'y 61 6 Traavellinng towwaards Selfhood: YViiccttoorinan Reeliggion and the PProcceessss of Feemmaale Iddenti ty j/0o:s':s' W\'\Iel'sMt--Bl3ul1 mrnl/ww11lI1I xROo \' vi Cotlnlltienl/tis 7 Other People's Truths? Scientific Subjects in the Persooln1aal Recooilll eeeclt icomlls, From Early Life t/o0 Old Age, of Mnary SOomIlleCrlv'viilllle Jlulliin Swil1zdells 96 8 Alice HI-Iavergall Skji]l]licorn, PPrincipall of HHoomrneerton College, Cambridge, 19355--60: Gender and Poower Eliznabeltlhl Edwards 1109 9 When Writing the Other is Beeiinng True to the Self: Jamaica Kinncaaidd's Thilel' Aluitlobiooggrmapihly of My MMotihller AlIi isoln/ DoO11l/1I1/eell 123 110 Self~-lImmaaggee and Occupational Identity:: Barbaddian Nurrses in PPost-War Britain J/ullliina Hanlllallmll 1137 1I1I The Lives of Indira Gandhi Kaltlhlle'rr;iln/te? Frmalnlk 152 PI~AARRT IIlIl WRITING RRepresenting Womenn''s LLiives: the LLiife~-Hf-listtory PI)rojectl 112 A Good School Revisited Mary £Evlmlzls 173 1133 The Most Difficultt Door Caatth/,ecrri1il1lle' Byroln/ 185 14. Digging Up Tanngled Rootss: FFeminism and RHesistlance to White Working-Class Culture Val Walslhl 1197 15 The Swashbbuucckkllerr, tlh1e Landlubbing Wimp and the Woman in Between: Myself as Pirate(ss) j}o StIanl/ley 216 InI/dex 229 List of Illustrations Portrait of Alice Havecrgal Skillicorn by Henry Lamb, 1953 J11122 Daddy's Girrl (c. 1944) 202 Father /IGGrraannddad, Daughter /MMothheer, Daughter /GCrraanddaughter 210 Steeve and Anna in Tuchan, France, Aprill 1990 210 Jo Stanley: female pirate 224 ViIIl Acknowl edgements Siince its incepttion iin 11993, this book h11a<1s5 evolved from a,1 v<<1riiety of inflluueennccees ailnd mottiivv<altions. It would cerrtauiinnlly not h<n1vvCe been possi- ble without the grounnddbbrreeialking work th<nlt has been produced by feeminist schoolbars working on auto/bbiioography during the pnast two dceca.ldce5s. The support <anlnd enllCcoOuUrfa<glgeemmecnnt of dennr friends and (coli- leEa'iglguues hhas been a" vitall lifeeline, a<lnnd my thanks to aill1l those vwvho haove offered their tlime, pmracctiticc<alll help and intcelllceccttuucall stimuull<alttiion.. Pailm Lilley's diliggent a<l ttcentiion to det(alii l in the ffin,all stailgees of the book's production has bCe{e'1nl execmmpblarryy, aond IJ aillmll indebted to her assistancee. f[ a,1m111 p<alrrtticula rly gr<alttecfful to Sonia Lal\wvson for permis- sion to reeproduce her 'HolmTlailgge to Emily Broonte, Night Writing' on the jaccket. HI le<nHr"tfelt thanks to David Taaylor and Tom PI'olkeyy,. whose support has been unendingg; a<lnnd to EIliY;..:aabeth Ellis, 'wNh(ol always m<aJkes me think twice before lI put pen to papeerr. But this book has been a.1 collnab/Joommtliiul'ct' project, ailnd my graZtlitittuude goes to alll the contributors for their patiienccle! and co-oppeerr<altiion in bringing this book into pprint. VIII Notes on the Contributors Catherine Byron g~rre\wV up in Bl3el fa<1sst a<1nndd rfea.ld mIllecdieval litcefr<a1ttuurrec aillt Soome('rfvviillke C(o)llIecg~e,, Oxford. Her poOedtry ailnd prose hn.,ve been pub- lished widely in IIreila()nndd., Brit.alin aMnld North Amme('riiCca(l. Her most reecceent poetry collection is Tile(' Faa//'--l-/l-c/1m1 Field f/-llosWpilalll (1"199993). In 1997 she recceived <a1nn Arts Council of England Writer's Awa<1rrdd.. Aliissoon DDonnell !t(e'Z<1lechLe's poossttccoololonni<i,1dl liltteor'<f1iltluure:s" a<11t Nottttiinngghh<<1lm Treennt UniiVve('rsityy. Her sSpeCcCiai.lliisst rCes'secn<Hrcchh inntereests n.mre~ C<alribbee<alnll wrriittin~g,, postcolonial women's w riting and postcooloniaill theoryy. She is co- editor of TiIllet' /\(ollullht/'e((dIZge!' 1I\<emadde!'r in Cnarribibl}/(w'1a1In1 Litlel'frlalftlulnre.' a;lnd joint- le.d'diittoor of l1u1Il/c1r'In1'\l'Jllfii ioOlllss: fIlIuI!•' illifcenrnlllalitoioJulnnll f/oOullrfnlWo/l <(!{f fH>~olsctocl(o)l!ollillialll StlluIdlile':s'. Elizabeth Eddwwards is a senioor rfesCeailrch i<lJsSssoocci<i Z1~ t\ec ailt HoOmlllcerrttoon Cnollege, Cailmillbbriddge, nand waas foorrmmerly the Colleege's liibbnr;1nriiialn ailnd m<1crchhiivvis\t. She hnas published s~eveermnl( n<1rrtticicleks~ on woOmlllen's Ee~xxperiencce in tle;il1cchher Itmr'linniinngg C(ollle('ge('s, and is currently working on a;1 b(olok to be enttii tlied WOoIllIlI<C'Jll/ inll TeCalcldhlel'rf TrnaJin!l iullSs C!o!IIl!lc'sSe!~''_.~: A C(IuI/IJ! ulinrc> of FreC11ll1liiulliinllitly 1"l9U00(F-I799 66101 (UCL Press)).. Mary Evans waas educcialt\ed a,1t\ the Loonndon Schhooooli lolf Ecoonnomics and the Univeersity (oIf Susste'x. She h<alss t<nlullgghht sociioloogy and woommeen's studies ailt the Unniivne'rsity o(If Kent siinnce(e: 1199771, ail lnld is thet' a<1uu thonr of A Good Sch!wool, tIhIIe!' Wn(1lI1W1e!nI QIuI(6':f:/iioOn!l,, /1n11il1e1' AulIssf1lC·1I1I aI/nlld I!he(' Stianlek and an luilir rood uilcd/ iioonll t1o0 COoull lte1lll1l'1OpIo"mnfrYy Ftc'1m1i1li lui,i~1t Tl/hf())IIu.~"lliIt.. Shte' is currently writ- inng a book on lIon\v,Ie.'. Leesley FFoorrest origiinn<(1lll1ly tmiinned (<IIS ail tee,alechheelr"~, a<1nndd compleeted her MA in women's studies a.11t the University (oIf Brialdfonrd. She now teea,Kches w\Vo(mlnwenn''s studies annd sociology ,a1\t the University College of Rippon ,amnd Yoork SIt jJo(lhhn. Shte' is currently engg<i'lggecd on ressel<'1;nrch with young fe]ml1<a11le students who a<1rree studying woOmlllecn''ss studiees at undte.'rrggri(ldduial the: level. KKailtthherine Frraank is thhe <,11uuthonr of thrte'e biogri(lphiies: !J\l Voyyangs!'a!" O01u11t: T/i1lt(' Luif{ti,' of Manry Kinllg:s:lecy (1986), E11ll1Iily IB3rnoJnlJl/ii;' (1J990) a<1nlldd Lulltc"ie,' ODujff GCordon: AII PIals.~,s~aagle' to E[gypl (19999-14-). She is currecntly work- ilnIlg on a,1 biooggr<r<11pphhyy o(lrf Inddiri<ral G<alnnddhi \wVhich will be puubbllis~lhlel'dd by ix

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