Yes, I think she held classes at their home in Ely? I think that rings a bell? That was in the 20's before they moved to Oxford I believe, when she was needed as more of a lady of the house to take the place of her mother since she could not pay calls, etc as was expected of the wife of the Professor of Divinity.
Yes, that sounds right. It's surprising her mother didn't advocate a little more regarding education for Elizabeth when she was younger. Considering her own interest in medicine, you might think she would have wanted a different type of early education for her daughter.
A very good point! Yes, it would seem like that would have made sense, instead of placing her in a "dame" school. Perhaps Ida's pain was just so great that she was a very disengaged mother? The accident that broke her tailbone was when she was pregnant with Elizabeth, so that seems to have really affect all of their life there after.
I think you are right about that. Who knows how limited local options for schools were, and a host of other factors, like school fees, Elizabeth's shyness, etc.
She was her housekeeper, and like a daughter to Goudge eventually though they had a rough time getting along at first. Christine Rawlins points out that it was after Jessie came to help Goudge take care of things in the house that Goudge finally lost the stutter she had had since her youth. Goudge had been so relied upon by both of her parents that the rest was very good for her!
Jessie was Elizabeth's companion the last twenty or so years of her life after her mother died - a close friend suggested her as a companion for one who had no experience living alone -- and it worked out well . . . Elizabeth says in _The Joy of the Snow_, "our first real point of contact was dogs..."
This is not an item to include in a biography of Goudge's life, but I think that a statement of appreciation by the principal leader of the Church of England is a very good thing. Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams states in a back-cover endorsement of Christine Rawlins' Goudge biography _Beyond the Snow_: "This is a much-needed study of a remarkable life. Elizabeth Goudge was not only a sensitive and acute artist in fiction, but a profoundly insightful commentator on the processes of growing up spiritually and morally. She fully deserves the kind of sympathetic and appreciative exploration provided by this book."
A great addition! Yes, that is a remarkable recommendation from a current day church leader. I would love to as him which books are his favorites :) I believe he is a friend of Malcolm Guite, the priest and poet whom I read quite often.
Excellent overview! I thought Elizabeth did take a course in arts and crafts and had a short-lived, unsuccessful school for girls in that field?
Yes, I think she held classes at their home in Ely? I think that rings a bell? That was in the 20's before they moved to Oxford I believe, when she was needed as more of a lady of the house to take the place of her mother since she could not pay calls, etc as was expected of the wife of the Professor of Divinity.
Yes, that sounds right. It's surprising her mother didn't advocate a little more regarding education for Elizabeth when she was younger. Considering her own interest in medicine, you might think she would have wanted a different type of early education for her daughter.
A very good point! Yes, it would seem like that would have made sense, instead of placing her in a "dame" school. Perhaps Ida's pain was just so great that she was a very disengaged mother? The accident that broke her tailbone was when she was pregnant with Elizabeth, so that seems to have really affect all of their life there after.
I think you are right about that. Who knows how limited local options for schools were, and a host of other factors, like school fees, Elizabeth's shyness, etc.
As I am just beginning to learn more about Elizabeth, I am wondering who Jessie is?
She was her housekeeper, and like a daughter to Goudge eventually though they had a rough time getting along at first. Christine Rawlins points out that it was after Jessie came to help Goudge take care of things in the house that Goudge finally lost the stutter she had had since her youth. Goudge had been so relied upon by both of her parents that the rest was very good for her!
Thank you! That's very helpful.
Jessie was Elizabeth's companion the last twenty or so years of her life after her mother died - a close friend suggested her as a companion for one who had no experience living alone -- and it worked out well . . . Elizabeth says in _The Joy of the Snow_, "our first real point of contact was dogs..."
That helps. Thank you!
This is not an item to include in a biography of Goudge's life, but I think that a statement of appreciation by the principal leader of the Church of England is a very good thing. Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams states in a back-cover endorsement of Christine Rawlins' Goudge biography _Beyond the Snow_: "This is a much-needed study of a remarkable life. Elizabeth Goudge was not only a sensitive and acute artist in fiction, but a profoundly insightful commentator on the processes of growing up spiritually and morally. She fully deserves the kind of sympathetic and appreciative exploration provided by this book."
A great addition! Yes, that is a remarkable recommendation from a current day church leader. I would love to as him which books are his favorites :) I believe he is a friend of Malcolm Guite, the priest and poet whom I read quite often.