tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28878826.post115308152914664501..comments2023-09-15T06:09:26.675-07:00Comments on BEINGWOMAN: Gertrude of Arabia? beingwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768429881546643714noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28878826.post-1153423713396677432006-07-20T12:28:00.000-07:002006-07-20T12:28:00.000-07:00Gertrude Bell was the Honorary Secretary of the Br...Gertrude Bell was the Honorary Secretary of the British Women's Anti-Suffrage Leauge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28878826.post-1153136130794579322006-07-17T04:35:00.000-07:002006-07-17T04:35:00.000-07:00I have been reading more on Ms. Bell since I poste...I have been reading more on Ms. Bell since I posted yesterday. Nothing has been said about her anti-suffrage views at the site. I'll peruse her letters for clues to her true character. I shall post one of her letters for those, like me, who knew nothing of her exploits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28878826.post-1153086877621384532006-07-16T14:54:00.000-07:002006-07-16T14:54:00.000-07:00Ah, Miss Bell, also thought that women should not ...Ah, Miss Bell, also thought that women should not have the right to vote-but I believe this is because she lead a life of great influence and assumed all could do as she did. Forgetting that being in a family of wealth and influence does change one's outlook. Her abilities in the Middle East in late 19th/early 20th centuries were amazing and not to be slighted in no way. Funny, the ladies in our history and today who have lived freely- think everyone can do the same without any rights allotted to them. They forget they creating a bondage by standing on both sides of the fence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com