I'm not given to taking conventional views of things and I'm the last woman in Ireland to want to make girls conform to the standard of what's called ladylikeness.
"Lalage's Lovers 1911"
George A. Birmingham
Refinement, seemliness, "ladylikeness,"-even Sir Robert Blanchflower in his sorest moments would scarcely have denied her these.
"Delia Blanchflower"
Mrs. Humphry Ward
Joy, she probably thinks your coloring too vivid for ladylikeness.
"The Wishing-Ring Man"
Margaret Widdemer