THINK of the word bluestocking and you are likely to conjure up something female, formidable and frumpy a dingy corner of feminism, the historical equivalent of dungarees.

• 一提到女学者，人们很容易联想到那些聪明得令人敬畏却土里土气的女性。她们是女权主义中一个单调乏味的群体，他们是粗布棉衫的代名词。