How I Grew Up by V. E. Potter
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How I Grew Up by V. E. Potter
Violet Edith Potter was born in 1898, and died in 1991. She was in the first group of women students to receive an Oxford degree, and later become a respected artist. This is the story of her childhood, college and early employment experiences, as written by herself, late in life.
It is a story of relationships and family, especially of her father, a British colonial officer who became an advocate for self-government in India and Burma. Although now much respected in those countries for his writing, he was a man whose progressive ideals led to struggles in his personal life that deeply affected his family. Violet was raised by relatives and strangers, a world away from a mother who died early. Violet’s story also tells of conflicts with her stepmother, a strong advocate for women’s education with her own career.
Violet’s life was deeply afflicted by tragedy, but her tale also takes surprising and humorous turns. It reflects much on society’s changing attitudes to women, child-rearing, colonialism, prejudice, education, health, marriage, divorce, religion, fashion, birth, and death. This is a book written by a person who is seeing and experiencing the changing of an era, from ‘the Victorian’ to the ‘modern world’ of today. Her perspective contains wisdom and humor and provides a valuable insight into this very different time.
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Planet Urf Entertainmanet Presents:
How I Grew Up by V. E. Potter
Violet Edith Potter was born in 1898, and died in 1991. She was in the first group of women students to receive an Oxford degree, and later become a respected artist. This is the story of her childhood, college and early employment experiences, as written by herself, late in life.
It is a story of relationships and family, especially of her father, a British colonial officer who became an advocate for self-government in India and Burma. Although now much respected in those countries for his writing, he was a man whose progressive ideals led to struggles in his personal life that deeply affected his family. Violet was raised by relatives and strangers, a world away from a mother who died early. Violet’s story also tells of conflicts with her stepmother, a strong advocate for women’s education with her own career.
Violet’s life was deeply afflicted by tragedy, but her tale also takes surprising and humorous turns. It reflects much on society’s changing attitudes to women, child-rearing, colonialism, prejudice, education, health, marriage, divorce, religion, fashion, birth, and death. This is a book written by a person who is seeing and experiencing the changing of an era, from ‘the Victorian’ to the ‘modern world’ of today. Her perspective contains wisdom and humor and provides a valuable insight into this very different time.