Mary Turner was 22 years old and had been a schoolteacher for eight years when she married Joseph Cook in 1885. Beginning as a pupil teacher at Chesterton Girls' School, by 1885 she was an assistant mistress. Like Cook, she came from a Staffordshire mining family.
Mary Turner was 22 years old and had taught in school for eight years when she married Joseph Cook in 1885. Starting as a student teacher at Chesterton Girls' School, by 1885 she became an assistant mistress. Like Cook, she came from a mining family in Staffordshire.