Tag #153428 - Interview #78479 (Irina Lidskaya)

My mother was eager to study, however. At the time there were charity funds that paid scholarships to the most talented children from poor families. My mother studied by herself and in 1909, when she was 11 yeas old, she passed all the exams to get into secondary school  and got a scholarship. She did very well in her studies, and she also earned some money giving classes. She was paid very little, but it was enough to buy food for the family.