Stella DUCKWORTH (1869

Events in Stella DUCKWORTH (1869 - 1897)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1869		Stella DUCKWORTH was born
1870	1	Death of father Herbert DUCKWORTH (aged 37)		Note 1
1895	26	Death of mother Julia Prinsep STEPHEN (aged 49)		Note 2
10 Apr 1897	28	Married John Waller HILLS (aged 30)		Note 3
19 Jul 1897	28	Stella DUCKWORTH died

Note 1: "stretched to pick a fig, burst an abscess, and died shortly afterword" (Hussey 76)

Note 2: death was premature, devastated Leslie, had influenza less than 2 mo before death

Note 3: -(122)romance described as long and sad ,"had been unsuccessful for years"(134) followed a long train of suitors

Personal Notes:

EDUCATION:

MAJOR LIFE EVENTS:

CHILDHOOD TEMPERAMENT:
-"pale, golden-haired, dreamily blue-eyed replica of her mother, meekly under her shadow" (Lee 119) -> Julia treated her "much more severely and critically than she treated her sons" (Lee 119)
-"conventional"..."believed in domestic order as a model for social organisation" like her mother (Lee 120)

ADULT TEMPERAMENT:
-stifled by Leslie after Julia's death – VW in her memoir "examined the oppressive and torturing relationship between Stella and Leslie" (Lee 119)
-"after Julia's death Leslie had completely appropriated Stella as a substitute and she had allowed him to do it" (Lee 135)
-Leslie "punished Stella for trying to leave"...was "obstructive and emotional" (Lee 135)
-"aroused pity and tenderness in VW" (Lee 119)

ADULT SOCIAL BEHAVIOR:

ADULT WORK HABITS:
-not intellectual, but "efficient" (Lee 119)-> took care of household even before Julia died
−"active member of Octavia Hill's team of middle-class ladies working in the London slums" (Lee 120) ->female equivalent to her brother's work with Booth

SIGNS OF MANIA/HYPOMANIA:

SIGNS OF DEPRESSION:

PHYSICAL AILMENTS/CHRONIC ILLNESSES:
-childhood bout of rheumatic fever (Lee 119) also afflicted her grandmother and mother-> suggested in "Sketch of the Past" that the illness 'touched' her or "produced 'a stoppage in her mind, a gentle impassivity about books and learning" (Lee 119)
-returned ill from her honeymoon, said to be pregnant but also diagnosed with "peritonitis" but no operation "performed for three months" (Lee 137)

ALCOHOL/OTHER DRUG ABUSE:

HOSPITALIZATION:

OTHER:
-"life difficult and her destiny pathetic" (Lee 119)
-"beautiful, romantic, and admired" (Lee 121)
-traveled abroad with George -> Julia called them "the wandering Jews" (Lee 121)

Source References:

2. Type: Book, Title: Virginia Woolf, Auth: Hermione Lee, Publ: Vintage Books, Date: 1996

- Reference = 119, 120, 121, 135, 137 (Name, Notes)

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