Name: Betty Turner
Age: 20
Status: Working Class (but she is not dirt poor)
Current circumstances: Her sweetheart Johnny, whom she has been with since the age of 16, has been sent off to war and she hasn't heard any news from him in just over a month. Her twin brother Michael and older brother Charles have also gone to war, fighting in the same regiment as Johnny, again there has been little news.
Attitude to work: A hard grafter, likes to have a laugh with all the girls, a friendly face about the factory, won't be pushed about by others.
Attitude to the war: Originally thought it wouldn't be long before Johnny returned but now beginning to worry as more and more men aren't returning. She's already lost her cousin George and fears for the safe return of Johnny and her brothers. Although she is grateful to prove her self in the work place, she longs for the end of the war and to go back to the way things were before.
Doing this profile on my factory girl has helped me to develop a personal connection to the character as I attempt to imagine what life in her shoes may have been like. The connection also makes me want to do justice to what must've been such an awful time for these women left at home and although some are glad of the chance to prove themselves, experiencing the treacherous wait they suffer not knowing if the next telegram is for them.
Knowing her allows me to build on how I could physicalise her, developing the ways she walks, talks, works and the different gestures and mannerisms she may have.
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