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To a Lady Undergrad single work   poetry   "IF the stocking is blue,"
Issue Details: First known date: 1888... 1888 To a Lady Undergrad
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Reply to J. Steele Robertson's 'To a Lady Undergrad.' Mrs. Sputterby , 1888 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Centennial Magazine , October vol. 1 no. 3 1888; (p. 200)

Mrs. Sputterby takes issue with the sexist attitudes in J. Steele Robertson's poem and concludes, 'Therefore, girls, you who in the face of such awful threats dare to improve your minds, all I can say to you is this - cast not your pearls before swains.'

Reply to J. Steele Robertson's 'To a Lady Undergrad.' Mrs. Sputterby , 1888 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Centennial Magazine , October vol. 1 no. 3 1888; (p. 200)

Mrs. Sputterby takes issue with the sexist attitudes in J. Steele Robertson's poem and concludes, 'Therefore, girls, you who in the face of such awful threats dare to improve your minds, all I can say to you is this - cast not your pearls before swains.'

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