"But if you knocked someone, somebody, halfway down the stairs, you wouldn't get a blessing on your work; it was very un-Christian; you had better apologize, and that was that." (192)
From The Price of my Soul by Bernadette Devlin
All from The Norton Book Of Woman's Lives by Phyllis Ross
At a very young age, Devlin seemed to be very politically inclined and had been influenced to speak up when she was only 12 years old. As a republic activist, she was very well respected and rose very high in her stature as she served as an education teacher. Everyone was very patriotic, which is why I can see she grew up the way she did. As she did have a position as "the girl" (194), she knew she had a voice in which she was able to top shape what she could around her. She stepped in when she wanted to, and seemed to set a great example for the kids she was teaching.
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| The Price of My Soul by Bernadette Devlin |
Girls had uniform inspections and had an eye on their outdoor and indoor shoes which show how women were under more scrutiny than men. Mother Minignus seemed to have added to this scrutiny of not liking girls wearing anything remotely to what men would have been wearing. Deglin had stuck up for British history and stuck up for the history being taught to the students. Mither Mignus and herself never had a great relationship, but Devloin always respected her for it, which is why I see Devlin in such a mature light: she stuck up for what she believed in but did it in s respectful manner.
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