tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post9222034607060284247..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Cranky Old Lady by Theresa BreslinMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-48689154318458472722014-03-21T09:31:49.749+00:002014-03-21T09:31:49.749+00:00What a woman! Thanks for this Theresa....What a woman! Thanks for this Theresa....adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-13326966017866339462014-03-20T22:16:47.828+00:002014-03-20T22:16:47.828+00:00Thanks Dianne. I hate to tell you this but about f...<br />Thanks Dianne. I hate to tell you this but about five years ago when I was doing a presentation on the book in a school an English teacher told me she'd asked her pupils to scan whatever newspaper was at home and write some comments on the articles. A girl pupil told her the next day that her dad had said the newspapers in the house were his and wouldn't let her look at them!Theresa Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240135723649161949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-2120582952248837172014-03-20T13:23:07.872+00:002014-03-20T13:23:07.872+00:00Great post Theresa. One just can't imagine a f...Great post Theresa. One just can't imagine a father forbiding a daughter to read the newspapers! Your Aunt sounded marvellous. The book too! <br /><br /><br /><br />Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-92186817234207082962014-03-19T20:13:38.872+00:002014-03-19T20:13:38.872+00:00
Thanks Meredith. Definitely we rose higher on the...<br />Thanks Meredith. Definitely we rose higher on their shoulders. Theresa Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240135723649161949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-38044272914097309702014-03-19T16:19:52.172+00:002014-03-19T16:19:52.172+00:00Thank you for sharing these stories of your Great-...Thank you for sharing these stories of your Great-Aunt Mary! <br /><br />As a member of the Third Wave of feminism (I was born in the mid-70s) I love, love, love hearing stories about the strong, outspoken, brave women who came before us. They paved the way, and I'm so grateful that they did. <br /><br />P.S. I've just added "Remembrance" to my book wish list. :-)Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08508302421134951238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-69560770547196366612014-03-19T11:50:04.457+00:002014-03-19T11:50:04.457+00:00Just a thought Pippa - Have you read the poem '...<br />Just a thought Pippa - Have you read the poem 'MEN TALK' by Liz Lochhead? It's brilliant. You might want to show it to your Mum...Theresa Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240135723649161949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-3152113191394568932014-03-19T11:16:58.876+00:002014-03-19T11:16:58.876+00:00
Thanks Pippa and Sue - Mary was wonderful and gre...<br />Thanks Pippa and Sue - Mary was wonderful and great but very formidable in a slightly scary way. Only as I got older did I appreciate how much courage it must have taken to be different in a small town and take such ground-breaking actions Theresa Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240135723649161949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-60150926707260902032014-03-19T09:00:32.720+00:002014-03-19T09:00:32.720+00:00My daughter read and loved this as a teenager, and...My daughter read and loved this as a teenager, and I did too. (Well, not as a teenager.) Will go back and re-read. Mary sounds great!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-80778612520446970902014-03-19T08:57:23.207+00:002014-03-19T08:57:23.207+00:00Mary sounds wonderful! I've just been told in...Mary sounds wonderful! I've just been told in tones of disgust by my mother that I'm 'a feminist' because I was outraged that a small boy I know is to inherit a large estate while his older sisters get none of it. 'And what is wrong with being a feminist', I asked? 'They are so strident' was all she could offer. Huh! Hooray for strident women when needs must. Thank you, Teresa. Pippa Goodharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709422048047155208noreply@blogger.com