reform-monging

Updated: May 7, 2025

Some of the chief stateswomen on show, in fact, were so downright hideous that I felt faint every time I had to look at them. The reform-monging suffragists seem to be equally devoid of the more caressing gifts. They may be filled with altruistic passion, but they certainly have bad complexions, and not many of them know how to dress their hair.

H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken - In Defense of Women