| 词条 | Battle-axe (woman) |
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A battle-axe is a term, generally considered pejorative, for an aggressive, domineering and forceful woman. The prime example was the militant temperance activist Carrie Nation, who wielded a hatchet and made it her symbol, living in Hatchet Hall and publishing a magazine called The Hatchet. She became involved in the suffragette campaign for votes for women and this campaign further established the archetype.[1][2] Other examples, listed by Christine Hamilton in her Book of British Battleaxes, include Nancy Astor, Boudica, Ena Sharples and Ann Widdecombe.[3] The battleaxe is one of several stereotypes found in nursing – a tyrannical, fierce matron exemplified by Nurse Ratched or Hattie Jacques in popular medical dramas and comedies.[4] Judith Furse played a "battle-axe woman" in Carry On Cabby.[5] See also
References{{wiktionary|battle axe}}1. ^{{citation |title=Encyclopedia of women social reformers |volume=1 |author=Helen Rappaport |pages=478–479 |chapter=Nation, Carry (1846-1911) |isbn=978-1-57607-101-4 |year=2001}} 2. ^{{citation |title=Carry A. Nation |author=Fran Grace |page=243 |isbn=978-0-253-33846-4 |year=2001}} 3. ^{{citation |title=The Book of British Battleaxes |author=Christine Hamilton |year=2003 |isbn=978-1-86105-610-8}} 4. ^{{citation |title=Professional nursing |author=Philip Darbyshire and Suzanne Gordon |chapter=The Battleaxe or Monstrous Figure | year=2005 |isbn=978-0-8261-2554-5}} 5. ^{{citation |work=The Encyclopedia of British Film |editor=Brian McFarlane |page=275 |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2016 |isbn=9781526111975 |title=Judith Furse}} Further reading
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