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Subject: Re: [INSHELBY] Old time occupations
Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 11:35:51 EDT
Here is another definition for Bluestocking. I thought it had a broader
meaning. Just think some of us can call ourselves "Bluestockings." A lot of women
belong to book clubs, our modern equivalent to the 'literary clubs'.
And wasn't it the female reporter Nellie Bly who they called that? I saw a
movie abt her, but I may have her name mixed up.
Etymology: Bluestocking society, 18th century literary clubs
Date: 1790
: a woman having intellectual or literary interests
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