granny-in-waiting

Updated: May 14, 2025

I have discovered a way to end the woman controversy. Let the women all say that they won't take care of the babies till the laws are altered. One week of this discipline would bring all the men on their marrow-bones. Only tell us what you want, they would say, and we will do it. Of course you may imagine me trailing after our little king, first granny-in-waiting."

Annie Fields - Authors and Friends