blue-stocking

Her case is complicated with literature; she is the old Blue-Stocking darned anew.

The lady had once visited the metropolis of Canada, and seemed desirous of acting the part of a blue-stocking.

She was a bit of a blue-stocking and dabbled in theology and philosophy.

There was nothing of the blue-stocking or the doctrinaire about her.

Nan was sitting at the window inside, knitting her stent on a blue stocking.