I think there are two influences acting on Ransome here. One is his experiences during the Russian Revolution, his wife was Trotsky's secretary and may also have been a secret agent. The other is the immense loss of men in the Great War. Women had to go out to work because there were no men to marry them and provide an income and the women had to be taken on because there were no men to do all the jobs. Both will have accustomed him to the idea of strong, coping women.
I think you have a very good point in comparing the two Susans.
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Date: 2008-09-07 11:51 am (UTC)I think there are two influences acting on Ransome here. One is his experiences during the Russian Revolution, his wife was Trotsky's secretary and may also have been a secret agent. The other is the immense loss of men in the Great War. Women had to go out to work because there were no men to marry them and provide an income and the women had to be taken on because there were no men to do all the jobs. Both will have accustomed him to the idea of strong, coping women.
I think you have a very good point in comparing the two Susans.