[PW] ? Barefoot and pregnant

[S M Colowick]

According to a review published on 27 Sept. 1959 in The New York
Times, the book The Wheeler Dealers by George Goodman has this
passage: "So I'd say the moral [of King Lear] was, keep the women in
the kitchen, barefoot and pregnant, or they'll be all over the place."
The book was made into a movie in 1963, which could be where the
Arkansas legislator heard it the phrase.

smc

On Feb 10, 2008 10:31 PM, Russell Hamilton
<rhamilton at parliament.wa.gov.au> wrote:
> Wikipedia says that "The phrase "barefoot and pregnant" was probably
> coined on August 27, 1963, by Rep. Paul Van Dalsem, an Arkansas state
> legislator."
>
> Which seems a little recent - can anyone find an earlier reference?
>
> Regards
> Russell Hamilton
> Perth, Western Australia
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