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. -- B. Clay Shannon [log in to unmask] > On Jul 30, 2020, at 12:26 PM, Taylor Roberts <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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: >> >> 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