Anonymous: Margaret Jane Born c. 1855 in a north eastern coastal town, England. Family life in the late 19th century. The author is the granddaughter of Margaret Jane. Mother died when Jane was around 15 years old so she assumed housekeeping duties and cared for her brothers and father. Suffered from rheumatism in the knees. In her adolescence, her town suffered a smallpox outbreak which resulted in many casualties. All her family members caught it and Jane nursed them through it successfully. She married in her twenties. Her husband was often unemployed. She did dress making and quilting to earn a living. She had hens and sold the eggs. Around this time, her father was disowned for marrying an Irish woman. She had 7 children. 2 died in infancy, one died at around 7 years old. There remained 3 daughters and 1 son. She was a strong-minded, strict chapel woman who used violent punishment to discipline her children. She taught her daughters to do all household duties, and to take care of their brother, who wasn't required to partake in such duties. Jane's eldest daughter was employed in several different professions: cake decorating, hat designing, photography. She settled in the nursing industry and became a ward sister. Jane inroduced her middle daughter (the author's mother) to domestic service as soon as she was old enough. Her youngest daughter was scouted b the showroom manager Jane made alterations for, and became an apprentice sales lady, eventually progressing to first sales. Jane passed at age 74 from an abdominal growth. She was ill for 7 years before she died. Main themes: family life, domestic duties, women's labour, gender roles, illness, infant mortality. Autobiography typewritten; 9pp n.d.