"I threw the cat among the pigeons that day, smiled sweetly, and said, "Thank you. I had hoped you might have given me a cookery book, or a gardening book. I am not going to study medicine. I am actually hoping to study domestic science, or failing that I will become a nanny and care for children." Father clenched his fists, slammed them down on the arms of his chair, and said "You will become a glorified maid over my dead body, and when you leave school in three months, you will do as you are told, or I will dismiss our daily maid and you can take over the cooking and cleaning at home." A bold statement from an eighteen year old girl facing a dominant father. Beth Harrison has just made a decision which is to change the course of her life. Young women in patriarchal England rarely defied their father's wishes. Beth is different...