Blondel, Nathalie, and Mary Butts. “Introduction”. The Journals of Mary Butts, edited by Nathalie Blondel and Nathalie Blondel, Yale University Press, 2002, pp. 1-41.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Education | Mary Butts | After her father
's death MB
was sent away, at her own request, to be educated as a boarder at St Leonard's School
in St Andrews,Scotland. Blondel, Nathalie. Mary Butts: Scenes from the Life. McPherson & Company, 1998. 18 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Education | Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda | Margaret Haig Thomas (later MHVR
) successfully lobbied her parents to be transferred from Notting Hill High School
to St Leonard's School
at StAndrews in Scotland. Rhondda, Margaret Haig, Viscountess. This Was My World. Macmillan, 1933. 12 |
| Education | Winifred Peck | From there WP
went to board at the newly founded Wycombe Abbey School
(as one of its first intake of forty), which she calls at least twenty years ahead of its time. Peck, Winifred. A Little Learning; or, A Victorian Childhood. Faber and Faber, 1952. 12 |
| Education | Winifred Peck | For the end of her schooling her family sent her to St Leonard's
, where she never really settled (despite its link with her beloved Wycombe Abbey). However, it was from there that she achieved... |
| Education | Hope Mirrlees | She later attended St Andrews Preparatory School, and after that St Leonard's
school (also in the city of St Andrewsin Scotland), a progressive and academically high-flying girls' public school which also ecucated Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda |
| Leisure and Society | Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda | After her schooling at St Leonard's
and before her brief time at Oxford
, Margaret Haig Thomas (later MHVR
) was a debutante for three years, during which time she was bored and suffocated by... |
Timeline
1890: The Native American game of lacrosse, originally...
Writing climate item
1890
The Native American game of lacrosse, originally a male military sport traditional to various tribes, was first played by women, at St Leonard's School
in St Andrew's, Scotland.
Freeman, Gillian. The Schoolgirl Ethic: The Life and Work of Angela Brazil. Allen Lane, 1976.
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