RARE Vintage 1966 Mrs Grundy\'s Motto Sandyval Pin Button Pinback Sepia 1.75\" For Sale

RARE Vintage 1966 Mrs Grundy's Motto Sandyval Pin Button Pinback Sepia 1.75"Approx. 1.75" diameterCheck out history from the Busy Beaver Button Museum on this pin below:Mrs. Grundy originally appeared in 1798 as a character in the play “Speed the Plough” by Thomas Morton. The play is set in a rural English village and is about a family of farmers, the Ashfield’s. Sir Philip Blandford plans to evict them, but it is soon revealed that their son, Henry, is actually the illegitimate son of Sir Philip, resolving the conflict and securing Henry as the rightful heir to Sir Phillip’s estate. Throughout the play, Henry’s mother, Dame Ashfield, grows increasingly concerned with the opinion of their neighbor, Mrs. Grundy, and continuously asks herself and others, “What would Mrs. Grundy say?” Mrs. Grundy herself never actually appears throughout the entirety of the play and only exists in Dame Ashfield’s anxious questioning. Mrs. Grundy becomes an unseen character symbolizing societal pressures and strict traditional values, as well as the role of public opinion is shaping one's behavior.Just a few years after the play was first performed, “Mrs. Grundy” was adopted as a term, often used to criticize someone for being excessively prude or moral. By the 20th century, Mrs. Grundy became a political symbol and “grundyism” emerged and is still a relevant term used today, especially in discussions of media censorship. As defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, grundyism is “​​a narrow prudish intolerant conventionality especially as to the proprieties.”Combined Shipping: We are happy to combine shipping. When multiple items are similar in size, shipping usually increases only slightly beyond the cost of the first item.
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