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5 Parental influence and family networks
Abstract
This chapter examines a successful route to participation, the use of family connections and networks. Focusing on the journalist and author Margaret Lane, the biographer of Beatrix Potter and Edgar Wallace among others, this chapter argues that while parental influence can help, people who get their ‘breaks’ through this method need to work extra hard to retain their position and the respect of others. This chapter also examines the work of the committee of the Prix Femina, a novel prize awarded to promising new novelists during the interwar years, winners of which included Virginia Woolf, E. M. Forster and Rose Macaulay. This chapter argues that Margaret Lane’s success not only relied on her family connections but her capacity for hard work and her embrace of transgressive behaviour.
Abstract
This chapter examines a successful route to participation, the use of family connections and networks. Focusing on the journalist and author Margaret Lane, the biographer of Beatrix Potter and Edgar Wallace among others, this chapter argues that while parental influence can help, people who get their ‘breaks’ through this method need to work extra hard to retain their position and the respect of others. This chapter also examines the work of the committee of the Prix Femina, a novel prize awarded to promising new novelists during the interwar years, winners of which included Virginia Woolf, E. M. Forster and Rose Macaulay. This chapter argues that Margaret Lane’s success not only relied on her family connections but her capacity for hard work and her embrace of transgressive behaviour.
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of figures viii
- Acknowledgements x
- List of abbreviations xiii
- Introduction 1
- 1 Female friendship, work and collaboration 19
- 2 Alternative channels 62
- 3 Parallel platforms and safe havens 97
- 4 Risk-takers 136
- 5 Parental influence and family networks 175
- 6 Rejecting the feminine 211
- 7 Formal networks 249
- 8 Explosive engagement 297
- 9 Hiding in plain sight 332
- Conclusion 358
- Appendix 368
- Bibliography 380
- Index 405
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of figures viii
- Acknowledgements x
- List of abbreviations xiii
- Introduction 1
- 1 Female friendship, work and collaboration 19
- 2 Alternative channels 62
- 3 Parallel platforms and safe havens 97
- 4 Risk-takers 136
- 5 Parental influence and family networks 175
- 6 Rejecting the feminine 211
- 7 Formal networks 249
- 8 Explosive engagement 297
- 9 Hiding in plain sight 332
- Conclusion 358
- Appendix 368
- Bibliography 380
- Index 405
