Word: petticoats
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...said women's power declined because "as we became more acculturated, our culture picked up a new value: sexism." In fact, she added, Europeans encountering the Cherokee nation claimed that the tribe had a "petticoat government," because women held so large a share of power...
...Francisco-style, George McGovern Democrat. People are going to reject her kind of liberalism." The Mikulski camp has countered with a charge that Chavez has "no moral anchor," a reference to her party switching. Nothing in these bareknuckle exchanges smacks of what journalists used to call petticoat politics...
Charles and Diana are determined to raise their sons as normally as possible, lest they become little potentates in a kingdom of petticoat power. One of the first signs of Diana's resolve was her decision to give birth to Prince William in a hospital, despite the Queen's preference that she lie in at the palace. Diana then chose a decidedly unstuffy and untraditional nanny named Barbara Barnes (Prince William calls her Ba-ba). Diana is not of the children-should-be-seen-and-not-heard school of absentee royal mom. She is a hands-on mother, and some...
...Petticoat Junction soundtrack picks up steam, the lights go up on a barren set featuring a homey dinette and two good ole' boys dressed for an episode of Hee-Haw, getting ready to broadcast the morning news over Greater Tuna's airwaves. And among the items of interest, we are informed that beef is up, pork is down, and tropical rainstorm Luther is headed directly our way just in time for rehearsals of My Fair Lady set in Polynesia at Greater Tuna High...
Women who sought a livelihood could be shopkeepers, petticoat authors, peddlers or midwives. Perhaps the career with the greatest risk and the greatest social mobility was that of a courtesan. Fraser's wit any style are at their best in this passage...