Jane Austen Can’t Get No Respect: Women Writers Face Gender Bias
Well, I’m vacuuming mad, again, and Jane Austen is at the center. How mad is vacuuming mad? Check out my post V.S. Naipaul vs. the World, and you’ll see the last time I was vacuuming mad. That is, until now. This week Sandra Grayson shared Katrin Bennhold‘s NY Times article about Jane Austen concerning a proposal from The Women’s Room to add Jane Austen’s face to the British ten pound note. This follows the exit of the only other woman on British…
