Ladies of Title

Sep 16, 2020

  "Title and money—who could carry them better than she?" [ABBE] 

 

We've investigated which women were influential in their own right in the Sherlock Holmes stories, and then those who had to work for a living. Next up, we look at women with titles. In her article in The Sherlock Holmes Journal, Vol. 10, No. 3, Pat Dalton reviewed some such ladies.

 

Of course the term "lady" is a title granted to a certain class, but in late Victorian times it was becoming a title based on behavior and deportment as well. Which characters might we be talking about here? It's just a Trifle.

 

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Links / Notes

• This episode: ihose.co/trifles194
• Episode 185: The Women of Influence
• Episode 190: The Working Girls
• The Sherlock Holmes Journal

 

Sponsor

• The BSI Press

 

Music credits

Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra
Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

 

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