Enid Blyton by https://padlet.com/susanelizabethwilkinson/xjibjk81xtbs Enid Blyton: Timeline en-us 2018-11-25 12:43:26 UTC 2025-11-16 18:10:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid_Blyton was a large source for this information. I wouldn't normally assess Wikipedia as a great source, in this case it is a good amalgamation of all reported information. As Enid Blyton was an extremely famous author, most information regarding her life has been repeatedly reported and confirmed. For example, on 11 August 1897 – Enid was born. 1916- at age 21, Nash’s Magazine published a few of Enid’s first poems. 1918 – Enid completed her teacher training course, as well as a teaching certificate with distinctions in zoology and principles of education, 1st class in botany, geography, practice and history of education, child hygiene and class teaching and 2nd class in literature and elementary mathematics.Enid became a teacher at Bickley Park School Kent. 1920- This was busy year as Enid started working as a governess, teaching four sons of an architect. Soon they were joined by other children from the area, as there was a local shortage of schools. Enid formed a small school at the home of the architect. She also started writing in her spare time. 1921 – 1924Enid started to have small works published and won prizes for her entries to writing compatitions, including - Saturday Westminster Review writing competition with her essay "On the Popular Fallacy that to the Pure All Things are Pure". Some other magazines took interest in Enid's work, including The Londoner, Home Weekly and The Bystander. Her first book Child Whispers was published during this time. 1924 Blyton married first husband 1931 A daughter named Gillian, 1935 A daughter named Imogen.1930-1960 During this time, Enid wrote hundreds of children’s story book and series. She was a prolific writer. (Source – each book published is dated and a quick look in any library can confirm this. Again, Wikipedia offers a list. The Enid Blyton Society can also confirm. These are facts as they are widely known. The BBC and a lot of other publishers / critics refused to promote some of Enid’s books, as they were frequently seen as racist, sexist or elitist. Most of her books were focused on privileged, white children in luxurious homes with nannies, cooks and gardeners, having adventures with their toys or a range of pixies and fairies. Some toys were written with negative character traits and were assigned a race, for example one of the most controversial were the very naughty characters of the golliwog dolls, who were knitted to look like African figures. Her books for older children were much the same, except the groups of boys and girls would feature brave daring boys solving mysteries whilst girls helped with small victories like spotting a clue. There were not usually any human characters in the books from any ethnic background other than white British. At the time, the BBC, schools and liberal organisations were encouraging writers to challenge race misconceptions and to broaden children’s understanding of the world. Enid’s books were banned in a lot of schools as they didn’t reflect the cultural values of the changing education system. 1953 - Enid counteracted this with her magazines promoting competitions and charitable giving, in which she encouraged children to join or donate to causes relating to children or animals. This was successful and raised the numbers of charitable groups by tens of thousands. One charity for children with cerebral palsy received large donations and media attention. Parents and children continued to buy Enid’s books, because she became the bestselling childrens author and is still ranked 7th in rankers best selling author of all time list, which includes all writers. This article is not very recent, however recent enough to be a very good indicator. https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-selling-fiction-authors-of-all-time/walter-graveshttps://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/index.phphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI8D1DmJTlE youtube 1946– 28 November 1968 – Enid Died of Alzheimers Disease. Her youngest daughter Imogen wrote a book called “A Childhood at Green Hedges” which was widely reported to be highly critical of Enid’s parenting style. See this newspaper article, https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/38795/Enid-Bylton-was-a-blight-on-our-lives . However this source is a tabloid paper pulling any sensationalist quotes. For example: "arrogant, insecure, pretentious, very skilled at putting difficult or unpleasant things out of her mind, and without a trace of maternal instinct. As a child, I viewed her as a rather strict authority. As an adult I pitied her." Critical thinking: In reality the two girls had a privileged upbringing. Enid’s other daughter Gillian did not agree with all of the reports although every source available confirms that Enid's love of writing did take up most of her time, making it likely that there were many issues with the amount of time or patience given to the two children. Both daughters inherited ownership of the estate though a trust. Their extended families are now involved in the trust, and her grand-daughter Sophie has contributed a book. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/14/enid-blyton-noddy-sophie-smallwood - another tabloid paper article, however the fat are included, that Sophie wrote the book quickly, that she never met her grandmother and that she has preferred not to be associated with her legacy. susanelizabethwilkinson https://padlet.com/susanelizabethwilkinson/xjibjk81xtbs/wish/307498513

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