Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
William Withering
Standard Name: Withering, William
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1776: William Withering deliberately bowdlerised...
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1776
William Withering
deliberately bowdlerised the accustomed sexual language for describing plant reproduction in his Botanical Arrangement of all the Vegetables Naturally Growing in Great Britain.
Shteir, Ann B. Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
