10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FANCY WOMEN»
Discover the use of
fancy women in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
fancy women and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Enslaved
Women in America: An Encyclopedia
Prostitution and concubinage were not uncommon in urban areas, and in New
Orleans especially, the trade in “fancy” women included substantial prices for
women declared “fancy,” or attractive. Usually these enslaved women were of
mixed ...
Daina Ramey Berry, Deleso A. Alford, 2012
2
Writing
Women Across Borders and Categories
Poems and "fancies" are considered female forms of art. As women, according to
Cavendish, naturally have more fancy than men, they are born to write, especially
to write poetry: "Poetry, which is built upon fancy, women may claim, as work ...
Martina Ghosh-Schellhorn, 2000
3
Slaves Waiting for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American ...
Ezekiel also explained that for “fancy men and fancy women, as those were
called who lived in families, the dresses were finer.” One observer of a sale noted
, “The females appeared to be dressed rather foolishly fine and tawdry with gimp
...
4
Fancy Pants (Only In Gooding Book #1)
Ribbons, netting, feathers, flowers—whatever struck their fancy, women stuck
stuff on their hats. Louisa had one she'd prized. Depending on the season, she'd
change the decorations around the brim. Though he always thought the whole ...
6 The scene Brown was describing, the imaginative site of the “fancy trade,” was
an auction.87 For, though “fancy” women were sold through private bargaining
as well as public crying, the open competition of an auction—a contest between ...
Lord Kelvin once observed, "Large increases in cost with questionable increases
in performance can be tolerated only for race horses and fancy women." It
therefore appears worthwhile to examine in some detail the proposition that "the
best ...
Norman R. Augustine, 1997
7
The Body Emblazoned: Dissection and the Human Body in ...
'Poetry', she wrote, 'which is built upon Fancy, women may claim as a work
belonging most properly to themselves' and she continued: but I imagine I shall
be censured by my own sex; and men will cast a smile of scorn upon my book, ...
8
The
Women of Primrose Creek (Omnibus): ...
She smiled, and the seats around them continued to fill with all manner of
fascinating people, saddle bums and millionaires, saints and sinners, matrons
and fancy women. “I was hoping we might see Megan,” she admitted. “Do you
think she's ...
9
A Vindication of the Rights of
Women
... exercising the understanding: for these paradisiacal reveries are of- tener the
effect of idleness than of a lively fancy. Women have seldom sufficient serious
employment to silence their feelings; a round of little cares, or vain pursuits
frittering ...
Mary Wollstonecraft, 2008
10
Slavery and Emancipation
For, though “fancy” women were sold through private bargaining as well as
public crying, the open competition of an auction — a contest between white men
played out on the body of an enslaved woman — was the essence of the
transaction ...
Rick Halpern, Enrico Dal Lago, 2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FANCY WOMEN»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
fancy women is used in the context of the following news items.
AN EARLY MORNING AT WIMBLEDON BY JELENA ZIVANOVIC |
I look at the tables around me, slowing being taken over by fancy women, Club members and anxious teams. Below, the grounds now fill with ... «10sBalls, Jul 15»
Why Do Men Love Endowed Women?
Why do men fancy women with well-gifted bottoms? Well, Jiyan, it is just human nature, because behind every endowed woman is a bright ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
Goodale says goodbye to MUMS
... of Missouri and Mary would land her first job — as a seamstress doing alterations at what she called a fancy women's clothing store. «Addison County Independent, Jun 15»
WAYWARD PINES: Reed Diamond on the new Fox summer series …
[foppish] Between takes, because we love being fops, you still fancy women [fop laugh]. And fopping was fun. We would fop without cessation ... «Assignment X, Jun 15»
Editorial: Water a deadly storm threat
Like cobras, velociraptors and fancy women in country songs, hurricanes can be unpredictable and treacherous. They tend to come in waves. «New Bern Sun Journal, Jun 15»
Interview: Kit Harington On 'Game of Thrones,' Music & 'Testament of …
... hormones are going crazy, and you just fancy women, you're just discovering sex, and a school trip could just turn into a massive shag fest. «Pop Insomniacs, Jun 15»
Boston Flower Exchange in center of development boom
Now, it's fancy women.'' In the corner of his shop there's an old map of Boston circa 1881, showing that a coal and wood yard once occupied ... «Boston Globe, May 15»
Detroit native Shaye is heart of 'Insidious' franchise
"We would go shopping at Julie's, which was sort of a fancy women's store. I would sit in the dressing room watching her try clothes on. «Detroit Free Press, May 15»
ABQ retail transformed by Winrock Center
Freed still remembers “oohing” and “aahing” at the fancy women's fashions on the racks at Jordan's, making regular trips with her mother to ... «Albuquerque Journal, May 15»
'It's better than even money' you'll love Goodspeed's 'Guys and Dolls'
... wonderfully imaginative underworld of Broadway and the over-the-top caricatures of Damon Runyon's loveable scoundrels and fancy women ... «Examiner.com, May 15»
