MAW
's eldest child, Dorothy
, was born; Harriet Martineau
sent the baby a cot-blanket she had made.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. Mrs. Humphry Ward. Clarendon Press, 1990.
59, 410
Ward, Mary Augusta. A Writer’s Recollections. Harper and Brothers, 1918.
298
Leisure and Society
Mary Augusta Ward
With her daughter Dorothy
, MAW
attended a royal drawing room.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. Mrs. Humphry Ward. Clarendon Press, 1990.
196
Textual Features
Mary Augusta Ward
The novel draws on MAW
's knowledge of the work of land girls (members of the Women's Land Army
)—such as those led by her daughter Dorothy
at Stocks—and the recent transformation of...
Travel
Mary Augusta Ward
MAW
travelled to the war zone, including the Front near Ypres, with her daughter Dorothy
: she also visited the army in the field, the navy, and the munitions works.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. Mrs. Humphry Ward. Clarendon Press, 1990.