tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931921496989071942.post8835421539569209413..comments2023-06-08T07:32:39.725-05:00Comments on Aristotle's Feminist Subject: (Feminist) Recovery WorkJ. K. Gaylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07600312868663460988noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931921496989071942.post-21399289520351396692009-05-28T11:27:33.821-05:002009-05-28T11:27:33.821-05:00forgive you? I myself would dub you knight, Sir Jo...forgive you? I myself would dub you knight, Sir John Radcliffe, for your comments if I could. Thanks for making them! I especially appreciate your giving such personal, interesting history and thoughts about yourself and your mother today.J. K. Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600312868663460988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931921496989071942.post-2560288428730118232009-05-28T07:02:10.137-05:002009-05-28T07:02:10.137-05:00I hope you'll forgive me for cluttering up your bl...I hope you'll forgive me for cluttering up your blog with a bit of useless trivia, completely off-topic I'm afraid!<br /><br />Having come across Sir Frank Kermode's name a few times recently, I've wondered whether he's Manx (like me), as the surname is fairly common here on the Isle of Man, but rarely seen elsewhere. This time I followed it up, and sure enough (if Wikipedia can be believed) I find he was indeed born on the Island. Indeed, judging from his age, he was probably at school with my late uncle. I also note that he went to Liverpool University, as I did, but there I suspect any similarity ends (for example, I still await my knighthood).<br /><br />It's always nice to hear of a "local boy (or girl) made good".<br />_________<br /><br />Straying even further off-topic, my mother recently showed me a photograph in a local newspaper of all the teachers at the secondary school she attended. The reporter who writes the local history column expressed surprise, not that all the teachers were female, but that they were all "Miss": not a single "Mrs" among them.<br /><br />My mother pointed out, however, that in those days (pre-2nd World War) teaching was one profession where married women weren't permitted. This in turn meant that many parents thought having a daughter train to be a teacher was a waste of money, as they'd have to give it up as soon as they married. My mother, for example, would have loved to have gone to university or college and then into teaching, but unfortunately wasn't given the choice.<br /><br />So I'm pleased to say that some things have changed for the better.John Radcliffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457933540067146460noreply@blogger.com