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    In praise of diffcult women

    Mar 03, 2020 2 minutes
    Words: Harriet Griffey
    Illustration: Vanessa Lovegrove

    rowing up as a resolute tomboy with my nose constantly stuck in a book, having the words “Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever/Do noble things, not dream them all day long” quoted at me, really rankled. This was NOT the girl (embodied by Victorian novelist Charles Kingsley) that I wanted to be. Happily, the image of a soppy Victorian Miss was and finding in Josephine March someone I could identify with: outspoken, imperfect, fearless, scorched skirts and all.

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