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Stick or staff for holding fibre to be spun
adjective, the term distaff is used to describe the female side of a family. The corresponding term for the male side of a family is the "spear" side. In Western
Distaff
1933 play
The Distaff Side is a 1933 comedy play by the British writer John Van Druten. It premiered at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh before beginning a 102-performance
The_Distaff_Side
American typographer and fine press printer
amend this deficiency, The Distaff Side published its first book, titled Bookmaking on the Distaff Side, which disclosed the monumental contributions
Edna_Beilenson
Tracing of kinship through the male line
and from matrilineality which is through the mother's lineage, also called the spindle side, the distaff side or enatic kinship. A patriline ("father line")
Patrilineality
Wife of Odysseus in Greek mythology
Reweaving the Feminine in Homer's Odyssey. Lanham, Maryland and Oxford: Lexington Books. Cohen, Beth (1995, ed.), The Distaff Side: Representing the Female
Penelope
spinning. Until the spinning wheel was invented in the 14th century, all spinning was done with distaff and spindle. In English the "distaff side" indicates
Textiles_in_folklore
Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty
through the distaff side (Edward III of England), from the succession to the French throne. After holding the throne for several centuries the Valois male
House_of_Valois
Tracing of kinship through the female line
"agnatic" ancestry. The matriline is also sometimes referred to as the "distaff" side or "spindle" side. Scholars disagree on the nature of early human
Matrilineality
British actress (1883–1984)
Calamity (1917), A Little Journey (1918), Spring Cleaning (1923), The Distaff Side (1934), The Importance of Being Earnest (which she also directed, 1939),
Estelle_Winwood
American typographer, bookbinder, and printer
for the Jumbo Press was the treatise A Typografic Discourse for the Distaff Side of Printing, a Book by Ladies (1937), which was included in the compilation
Jane_Bissell_Grabhorn
American poet (born 1948)
978-1-84861-122-1 She Lives There Still, Shearsman Books. ISBN 978-1-84861-584-7 The Distaff Side, Shearman Books. ISBN 978-1-84861-806-0 Attended Oklahoma State University
Mary_Leader
English actor and playwright (1901–1957)
(1932) with Gertrude Lawrence and Gerald du Maurier, The Distaff Side (1933), and Flowers of the Forest (1934). He later emigrated to America, where he
John_Van_Druten
1968 film by Maury Dexter
between the two female leads. At any rate, it's nice to see the action shifted to the distaff side for a change, although it might be best to ignore the psychological
The_Mini-Skirt_Mob
Title of the ruling monarch of Ethiopia from 1270 to 1974/1975
acknowledge claims from the distaff side. The claim of descent from Menelik I is based on the assertion that the kings of Axum were also the descendants of Menelik
Emperor_of_Ethiopia
1996 Indian film
director Kayar (A. Kothandaramaiah) without hurting the image of the distaff side." Khushbu won the Cinema Express Award for Best Actress – Tamil. Vijiyan
Irattai_Roja
American actress (1905–1994)
because Natwick was "done logging" the land. Her grandfather, Ole Natwick, was one of the earliest Norwegian immigrants to the United States, arriving in Wisconsin
Mildred_Natwick
American typographer (1869–1935)
Goudy: First Lady of Printing. Distaff Press, 1958. Rogers, Bruce, ed. Bookmaking on the Distaff Side. New York: Distaff Side, 1937. Bruckner, D. J. R; Goudy
Bertha_M._Goudy
1899–1901 anti-foreign uprising in China
respected missionaries in China. The controversy was front-page news during much of 1901. Ament's counterpart on the distaff side was British missionary Georgina
Boxer_Rebellion
1988 British TV movie
himself, reminding Panthea and her aunt that he is Panthea's cousin on her distaff side. He then introduces Lady Castlemaine, when suddenly Lady Darlington grabs
The_Lady_and_the_Highwayman
1958 British film by Lewis Gilbert
the distaff side, it’s opened its doors to both sexes, and they're crowding in." According to Variety film was one of the twelve most popular at the British
Carve_Her_Name_with_Pride
American publishing company
115. Retrieved 26 November 2023. Kopp, Maggie. "Edna Beilenson and The Distaff Side". BYU Harold B. Lee Library | Special Collections Blog. Retrieved 26
Peter_Pauper_Press
Bohemian royal dynasty during the Middle Ages
following the untimely death of Wenceslaus II (1305), and the assassination of his only son, Wenceslaus III in 1306, which ended their rule. On the distaff side
Přemyslid_dynasty
Broadway theater in Manhattan, New York
2022. The Broadway League (September 25, 1934). "The Distaff Side – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved January 26, 2022. "The Distaff Side (Broadway
Booth_Theatre
Theater in San Diego, California
December 2, 1937, the remodeled Old Globe Theatre opened with a production of John Van Druten's 1933 play The Distaff Side. In the cast was a young actor
Old_Globe_Theatre
British stage actress (1880-1941)
Sea Fever at the New Theatre in 1931. Their most successful collaborations over this time were There's Always Juliet (1932), The Distaff Side (1935), and
Auriol_Lee
strandinger og fiskeri og hjalp med pløjning og tærskning. The farms were inherited in the distaff side. The women drive agriculture, while men most took care
List of matrilineal or matrilocal societies
List_of_matrilineal_or_matrilocal_societies
British actress (1911–1998)
was at the Apollo Theatre in 1933, in The Distaff Side, and the following year she made her Broadway debut in the same play. Her first screen appearance
Viola_Keats
Italian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
of Nearco through Nasrullah and Princely Gift) each appear once. On the distaff side, Mr. Prospector's dam Gold Digger is a great-granddaughter of Nearco
Nearco
British actress (1899–1969)
Fresh Fields (Criterion, 1933), Liz Frobisher in John Van Druten's The Distaff Side (Apollo, 1933), Barbara Dawe in Clemence Dane's Moonlight Is Silver
Martita_Hunt
British TV drama series (1972–1976)
The Brothers is a British television series produced and shown by the BBC in 1972–1976. Debuting with the death of road haulage magnate Robert Hammond
The_Brothers_(1972_TV_series)
PoIish writer and activist (1798–1855)
"Przodkowie Adama Mickiewicza po kądzieli" ("Adam Mickiewicz's Ancestors on the Distaff Side"), Blok-Notes Muzeum Literatury im. Adama Mickiewicza, 1999, no. 12/13
Adam_Mickiewicz
Legally privileged class in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
often descending from their families on the distaff side. Prior to the baptism by Mindaugas, lesser members of the nobility were called bajorai (singular
Lithuanian_nobility
American actor (1913–1996)
"How Beautiful With Shoes – Broadway Play – Original | IBDB". "Both Sides of the Curtain". Times Union. Brooklyn, New York. July 21, 1936. p. 4 – via
Wesley_Addy
Duchess regnant of Bari
alluded to the antiquity of the Duchess' family, which on the distaff side descended from Charlemagne. In 2012, anthropologists excavated the body of Isabella
Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan
Isabella_of_Aragon,_Duchess_of_Milan
Motor racing circuit
through the estate. Fast forward to the 18th century, when in 1762, Sir Edward Noel became Viscount Wentworth, the title descended on the distaff side. Lord
Mallory_Park
village's Trương clan was the distaff-side relations of Trịnh lords, so lady Trương Thị Trong has entered Trịnh's palace to become the consort Nội-thị cung-tần
Trương_Thị_Trong
Musician and composer from Northern Ireland
November 2010. Songs from the North of Ireland, Delphian DCD34329 (2024) "THE DISTAFF SIDE: SOME IRISH WOMEN COMPOSERS". www.musicweb-international.com. Retrieved
Dorothy_Parke
English composer (1894–1929)
Short, p. 300 Gibbs 2000, pp. 53–54 Scowcroft, Philip (March 1994). "The Distaff Side: some British women composers". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 9
Jane_Joseph
English actress (1882–1976)
The Painted Veil; Saint Joan and Sidney Howard's domestic drama The Silver Chord. In the West End in September 1933 Thorndike appeared in The Distaff
Sybil_Thorndike
British TV sitcom (1979–1992)
kinder side: re-mortgages her flat so that Shelley and Fran can buy a house. Cyril Portrayed by John Barron Shelley's pompous and ineffectual boss at the advertising
Shelley_(TV_series)
Mordaunt Shairp – The Green Bay Tree John Van Druten – The Distaff Side Maxim Ziese – Siebenstein Edwin James Brady – Wardens of the Seas Benjamin Fondane
1933_in_literature
American author, essayist, rare book collector (1891-1977)
available via HathiTrust "Are women the natural enemies of books?" in Bookmaking on the Distaff Side (New York: The Distaff Side, 1937) A portrait of Latin America
Anne_Lyon_Haight
1938 British film
Neither Anthony Bushell nor Roger Livesey are happy in the roles of the Cossack's sons and the distaff side, too, has to fight at long odds to bring conviction
The_Rebel_Son
2014 French film
different backgrounds find their lively distaff side within and outside the bonds of marriage, work and family life. The story is told through a prism of infidelity
French_Women_(film)
Neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Aird, "Part 1: The Robeson Family in Scotland," The Collins Family, Vol. IV, Ancestors of the Distaff Side of the Sixth Generation of The Collins Family
Roxborough,_Philadelphia
Historic women's rowing club
to Title IX". The Sport Journal. 10 (2). Retrieved 30 May 2025. Manley, Elizabeth. ""Rowing on the Distaff Side": A Brief History of the National Women's
ZLAC_Rowing_Club
British colonial administrator
the Inneses of Drainie. The line has multiple descendants extant. On the distaff side, his daughter, Rosalie, married Thomas Wynford Rees (1888–1959), who
Charles_Alexander_Innes
Novel by Lisa Alther
it suggests that life seen from what was once called the distaff side suspiciously resembles the genitalia-centered existence that male novelists have
Kinflicks
1995 studio album by Tony Bennett
Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection. Entertainment Weekly wrote that Bennett's "sensitivity to the distaff side of prerock
Here's_to_the_Ladies
1961 British film by Robert Tronson
brochure for, the Carlton Tower Hotel, has a stronger feminine interest than most Edgar Wallace plays. Its stressing at the distaff side does not, however
Man_at_the_Carlton_Tower
American television dramatist
1949). "ON THE AIR: A Week of Precedents". ‘’The New Republic’’. p. 27. Carson, Saul (February 27, 1950). "On the Air: The Distaff Side". The New Republic
Joseph_Liss
First female law professor in the United States
OUP Oxford. p. 427. ISBN 9780199685202. Gassner, Miriam (2024). "The Distaff Side? – Hans Kelsen's Viennese Female Students". Journal on European History
Helen_Silving-Ryu
American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse (1981–2006)
from the amount of speed in the distaff side of his pedigree and the speed he had shown at Newmarket, El Gran Senor was an odds-on favourite for the Derby
El_Gran_Senor
Lennox Robinson – Drama at Inish Mordaunt Shairp – The Green Bay Tree John Van Druten – The Distaff Side Maxim Ziese – Siebenstein Tawfiq al-Hakim – Shahrazad
Timeline of twentieth-century theatre
Timeline_of_twentieth-century_theatre
British actress (1890–1973)
Heat Wave (1931) The Lady with a Lamp (1931) The Good Fairy (1932) The Party's Over (1933) The Distaff Side (1934) For Valor (1935) And Now Good-bye (1937)
Hilda_Plowright
Beach volleyball tournament in the Philippines
Foundation Panthers and the CSB Blazers, while in the distaff side, 12 teams will be participating in the three-day event, among them are the 2015 champions UST
Nestea_Beach_Volleyball
American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
Northern Dancer appears again on the distaff side of Love the Chase's pedigree. Her granddam, Chase the Dream, was sired by the 1968 Epsom Derby winner Sir
California_Chrome
1960 American horror film
for this newcomer to the rank of distaff side chill dispensers." But the anonymous review goes on favorably to call the film "a solidly produced, ably acted
The_Leech_Woman
American dramatist
The Wooden Slipper (1934), producer Oliver Oliver (1934), producer The Distaff Side (1934), producer The Distant Shore (1935), producer Most of the Game
Dwight_Deere_Wiman
Village in England
Abbey to the Pulley or Pulleyne family, from whom they descended on the distaff side. By 1679, the Maskelyne family had the right to be buried in the south
Purton
English composer, conductor and violinist (1880–1962)
of Chamber Music in the British Musical Renaissance (PDF). p. 26. ISBN 9780549559399. Retrieved 21 December 2016. "The Distaff Side: Some British Women
Susan_Spain-Dunk
Organization for women's rowing in the US
goddess: the history of women in sports. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. pp. 105–136. ISBN 978-0-87113-726-5. ""Rowing on the Distaff Side": A Brief
National Women's Rowing Association
National_Women's_Rowing_Association
Canadian surgeon (1878–1981)
The Leader-Post. p. 29. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019. "The distaff side of 1981... Canada: Strides, strife". Windsor
Jennie_Smillie_Robertson
American lawyer
Department of State (1974). The Biographic Register. Office of Special Services, Division of Publishing Services. p. 32. "The Distaff Side". Garden City Telegram
Edna_A._Boorady
Member of the Parliament of England
1517 – 1556) was the representative of a branch of a prominent Sussex family, in an armigerous line descending in the distaff side from the Camoys barony
Edward_Lewknor_(died_1556)
Theatre company in Sydney, Australia
1935 – The Distaff Side 25 May 1935 – False Colours by Frank Harvey) (prod. William Rees) 22 Jun 1935 – The Apple Cart 20 Jul 1935 – Squaring the Circle 10
Independent_Theatre
Former theatre and cinema in Chiswick, Hounslow, London, England
at the theatre in the play The Distaff Side and the Carl Rosa Opera Company played there, as did the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1931 In 1932 the Empire
Chiswick_Empire
Cyberaktif, Mutual Mortuary, and the vastly successful Delerium, which began life as an ambient project. And on the distaff side, also from Vancouver's early
Canadian_music_genres
English footballer and coach
16 November 2010. Clare Balding (2 May 2004). "Big up for the distaff side of the game". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 December 2010. R.A.W. Rhodes (2011)
Joanne_Broadhurst
United States Army general (1865–1944)
first cousins of General Frank McIntyre and Judge Patrick McIntyre. On the distaff side their first cousin was Séamus Hegarty, D.D. an Irish Roman Catholic
Frank McIntyre (military officer)
Frank_McIntyre_(military_officer)
British writer
Daughter (1987) The Distaff Side (1988) Men Who March Away (1989) The Sholtie Flyer (1990) The Glasgow Girls (1994) The Painted Ladies (1995) The Butterfly
Frances_Paige
American actress (1885–1961)
Stranger (1930) The Bellamy Trial (1931) The Merchant of Venice (1931) The Distaff Side (1934) The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles (1935) Pride and Prejudice
Viola_Roache
American scholar, poet, and educator
Challenger Countdown (1988) Five Hundred Years of America, 1492-1992 (1992) The Distaff Side: Great Women of American History (1995) Trosky, Susan (1993). "Green
Rose_Basile_Green
Horse race in Kentucky
The Derby City Distaff Stakes is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged three and older over a distance of seven furlongs
Derby_City_Distaff_Stakes
English-born actor who worked in Australia (1915–1986)
of Australia. "The Distaff Side". Theatricalia. "The Ship". Theatricalia. "The Ringer". Theatricalia. "Eight Bells". Theatricalia. "The Brontes of Haworth
Michael_Duffield
Village in North Yorkshire, England
Northallerton, the manor passed to the Aislabie family who, via the distaff side, held it until 1845. At the turn of the twentieth century it passed to the Courage
Kirkby_Fleetham
(1995-05-11). "The Plan of Athena". In Cohen, Beth (ed.). The Distaff Side: Representing the Female in Homer's Odyssey. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195344738
Sheila_Murnaghan
English composer, violinist and pianist
Philip L Scowcroft. The Distaff Side: Some British Women Composers Who's Who in Music entry (1935 edition), p.87 'A Writer of Songs', in The London Evening
Teresa_del_Riego
English miniature-painter (1849–1940)
Decoration. Harvey House. p. 152. Schneideman, Sophie. On the Distaff Side: Women Makers from 1897 to the Present Day (PDF). p. 25. "Explaining Cosway bindings"
Caroline_Billin_Currie
"On Distaff Side. What do we know on women from Sochi sentenced for SMS messages". Команда 29 | Суды, советы, истории (in Russian). Archived from the original
Ivan_Pavlov_(lawyer)
Surname list
theories. The Uys surname can also be used as a first name (generally in reference to an Uys descent through the distaff side), as is the case with the poet
Uys
American classical archaeologist and curator (1946–2002)
Female Characters of the Odyssey." The Distaff Side: Representing the Female in Homer's Odyssey (1995): 29. Buitron-Oliver, Diana. The Sanctuary of Apollo
Diana_Buitron-Oliver
Device for spinning thread, yarn, or silk from natural or synthetic fibers
from the Middle East to Europe by the 13th century, with the earliest European illustration dated to around 1280. In France, the spindle and distaff were
Spinning_wheel
Series of paintings by Thomas Cole
In the old man who describes the mathematical figure – in the rude attempt of the boy in drawing – in the female figure with the distaff—in the vessel
The Course of Empire (paintings)
The_Course_of_Empire_(paintings)
Novel by Beverly Cleary
Huggins that the author is as well acquainted with the whisperings, weeps and whoops of third grade distaff side..." Cleary's humor was noted by the Saturday
Ellen_Tebbits
American art historian and archaeologist
Penelope. Female characters of the „Odyssey“ in archaic and classical Greek art. in: The distaff side. Representing the female in Homer’s „Odyssey“. New
Beth_Cohen_(archaeologist)
British composer, pianist and singer
doi:10.2307/913168. JSTOR 913168. Scowcroft, P. L. (March 1994). "The Distaff Side: Some British Women Composers". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 13
Ivy_Frances_Klein
English composer (1874–1961)
Forward in the "March of the Women"" (PDF). Signature: Women in Music – via The Maud Powell Society. P L Scowcroft (March 1994). "THE DISTAFF SIDE:SOME BRITISH
Katharine_Emily_Eggar
French poet and philosopher (1637–1706)
her famous uncle's "mantle" had "fallen on the distaff side". Catherine Descartes had a major influence on the salon movement in 17th-century France. She
Catherine_Descartes
English noble
before 1303. The barony remained in the family until 1487, when it passed by the distaff side to Thomas Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre and to the Barons Dacre
Ralph_Fitzwilliam
British composer, pianist and music educator (1902–1985)
public library membership required) P. L. Scowcroft (March 1994). "The Distaff Side: Some British Women Composers". Retrieved 21 September 2010. Leach
Freda_Swain
Camogie championship
contrast the distaff side of my family brought back from Athenry a 20-page, well-orinbted programme that included, as well as the names of the players
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1975
All-Ireland_Senior_Club_Camogie_Championship_1975
Łodzia coat of arms, to which the Jerzykowski family were related on the distaff side. The Baranowski family were mentioned in the armorial of Bartosz Paprocki
Baranowski family with Ostoja coat of arms
Baranowski_family_with_Ostoja_coat_of_arms
English composer (1882–1952)
Philip Scowcraft. "The Distaff Side: Somr British Women Composers". Retrieved 5 January 2011. The Times, 26 November 1934, p 10 See The British Library,
Mary_Lucas
American jeweler and painter (1902–1993)
Far West, M-27 10". American Craft Council (ACC). "A Score For The Distaff Side". The San Francisco Examiner. November 29, 1959. p. 207. Retrieved October
Vera_Allison
Noble class in the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
after the partitions, that is between commoners and members of the nobility, as a courtesy, children could claim a coat of arms from their distaff side, but
Szlachta
Traditional methods of textile production
yarn than the fibres pulled through the heckles because it still contains some straw. Flax can either be spun from a distaff, or from the spinner's lap
Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods
Textile_manufacturing_by_pre-industrial_methods
This is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, or third place and the number of starters in the Humana Distaff Handicap, an American
Humana Distaff Handicap finishers and starters
Humana_Distaff_Handicap_finishers_and_starters
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
the site is naturally protected on three sides by cliffs. On the accessible side a hummock bars the way. The survey states: "Dictum autem castrum situatum
Allevard
1960 British film by Godfrey Grayson
Paula and Portia. Its distaff side is never sold short, there are tense moments and its ending is highly dramatic, if a trifle pat. The Financial Times and
An_Honourable_Murder
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