![]() ![]() She is now an eminent Pulitzer-Prize-winning Professor of early American history at Harvard University. ![]() In 1976 Ulrich was a student at the University of New Hampshire, and she earned her Ph.D. The statement used the word “seldom” instead of “rarely” or “never”: 1976 Spring, American Quarterly, Volume 28, Number 1, “Vertuous Women Found: New England Ministerial Literature, 1668-1735” by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Start, Quote, The … Continue reading Quote Investigator: The earliest evidence of a version of this phrase known to QI appeared in an academic paper in the journal “American Quarterly” in 1976 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. Would you please explore the provenance of this saying? Anne Boleyn was beheaded, and I doubt she wanted to enter the history books via an execution. Some of these quotes use the word “rarely” and others use the word “never”. Well-behaved women never make history – My senior Quote Well behaved women never make history – Marilyn Monroe Well behaved women rarely make history – Unknown Well behaved women rarely make history – Anne Boleyn ![]() Well-behaved women rarely make history – Eleanor Roosevelt Well behaved women rarely make history – Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe? Eleanor Roosevelt? Anne Boleyn? Laurel Thatcher Ulrich? Anonymous?ĭear Quote Investigator: Observing a stream of tweets is a confusing way to learn about a quotation: ![]()
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