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La Présidente criant à tue-tête: 'Mesdames!...', 1844. La Présidente criant à tue-tête: 'Mesdames!vous violez formellement l'article 3 de notre réglement...lequel porte que les académiciennes ne parleront jamais plus de cinq à la fois!...je vous rappelle toutes à l'ordre...et au silence!...puisque ma sonnette est impuissante...je lève la séance et je mets mon chapeau!...jettez maintenant tant que vous voudrez vos bonnets par dessus les moulins!' The President shouting at the top of her voice: 'Ladies!...you are formally violating article 3 of our regulations...which states that no more than five academicians may talk at the same time!... I call you to order...silence!...since ringing my bell has no effect...I'm suspending this meeting and putting on my hat!...you may throw up your hands [throw your bonnets to the winds] as much as you want!'. Satirical criticism of 'bluestockings': women with interests beyond housework and childcare. Female authors were often depicted as mannish and ugly - the implication being that their intellectual output was just as objectionable as their looks. From Les Bas-bleus, no. 25.