Oh, Ramapo, I see...

-- B. Clay Shannon
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> On Jul 30, 2020, at 3:13 PM, Clay Shannon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Another Shannon on the forum! Where are you from, Edward? Northern California here (actually Central presently-Monterey). BTW, I have never heard of a Becky Thatcher dress.
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> -- B. Clay Shannon
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>> On Jul 30, 2020, at 12:26 PM, Taylor Roberts <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> I quickly searched OED and Google Trends but without a good result. I
>> also look forward to someone with more skill to hunt it down! Tx
>> Taylor
>> 
>>>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 3:17 PM Philip Bauer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> I don't have an answer but I will be looking for someone to have it.
>>> Great question.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 7/30/2020 12:57 PM, Shannon, Edward wrote:
>>>> Does anyone have an idea when the term "Becky Thatcher" was adopted to
>>>> describe elementary school dresses for girls? Does anyone have
>>>> documentation regarding this?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for any help.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> 
>>>> Edward A. Shannon, PhD
>>>> Professor of Literature
>>>> Office B207
>>>> 
>>>> https://www.ramapo.edu/major-literature/
>>>> School of Humanities and Global Studies/Ramapo College of New Jersey
>>>> 505 Ramapo Valley Rd./Mahwah, NJ 07430
>>>> (201) 684-7425 Phone/ (201) 684-7973 Fax
>>>> 
>>>> "It is a worthy thing to fight for one's freedom;
>>>> 
>>>> it is another sight finer to fight for another man's." Mark Twain