Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 131–32.

The Good Woman

F R—y

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Gender, Disability


    Discusses the origins of the sign often seen at oil shops depicting a headless woman. In passing, mentions a well attested case, reported to the Royal Society in 1707, of a woman without a tongue who could nonetheless speak well.



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