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Excellent Women... is a startling reminder that solitude may be chosen, and that a lively, full novel can be constructed entirely within the precincts of that regressive virtue: feminine patience. Translations into European languages began soon after, with the Dutch Geweldige Vrouwen in 1980, [ 9 ] followed by a Spanish translation in 1985 ...
Barbara Mary Crampton Pym FRSL (2 June 1913 – 11 January 1980) was an English novelist. In the 1950s she published a series of social comedies, of which the best known are Excellent Women (1952) and A Glass of Blessings (1958).
The New York Review of Books favourably reviewed Quartet alongside the earlier Excellent Women [10] while The New York Times published a review entitled The Best High Comedy. [11] The novel was shortlisted for the 1977 Booker Prize, but the winner was Paul Scott's Staying On.
"By Sophia, a Person of Quality" on the cover of Woman Not Inferior to Man, 1739. "Sophia, a Person of Quality" was a pen name used by the author of two English protofeminist treatises published in the mid-18th century, following a period trend of women's histories and political tracts arguing in favor of equal rights known as the querelle des femmes.
Women who make a difference to everyday New Zealanders' lives [32] New Zealand Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year: Fonterra: Awarded to a woman who has made an outstanding contribution to the dairy industry [33] New Zealand National Association of Women in Construction (New Zealand) Excellence Awards
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Jane and Prudence was Pym's third novel, published by Jonathan Cape in 1953. Whereas Pym's first two novels had been successful, this received more mixed reviews. Literary figures Lady Cynthia Asquith and Lord David Cecil both championed the novel, but The Guardian felt it was "a horrid disappointment after Excellent Women" and the Times Literary Supplement remarked that the plot was "not easy ...
Her biggest hit was the song "Excellent Horse-like Lady", [a] a 1999 song extolling the virtues of a Stakhanovite textile factory worker. The accompanying music video stars Hyon in the role of "the heroine, dashing around a sparkling factory with a beatific smile, distributing bobbins and collecting swatches of cloth at top speed."