Eliza Leslie Quote

When in company with literary women, make no allusions to 'learned ladies,' or 'blue stockings,' or express surprise that they should have any knowledge of housewifery, or needle-work, or dress; or that they are able to talk on 'common things.' It is rude and foolish and shows that you really know nothing about them, either as a class or as individuals.


The Behaviour Book: a manual for ladies (ed. 1839)


When in company with literary women, make no allusions to 'learned ladies,' or 'blue stockings,' or express surprise that they should have any...

When in company with literary women, make no allusions to 'learned ladies,' or 'blue stockings,' or express surprise that they should have any...

When in company with literary women, make no allusions to 'learned ladies,' or 'blue stockings,' or express surprise that they should have any...

When in company with literary women, make no allusions to 'learned ladies,' or 'blue stockings,' or express surprise that they should have any...