Monstrous Regiment of Women (disambiguation)

"Monstrous Regiment of Women" is an frequent misquote of the title of a a 1558 political-religious treatise by John Knox, "The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regimen of Women" (1558), which argued against female monarchs on religious grounds. (See Wikipedia.)

A number of works have been written playing on the misquote of the original title.

Literary works

• "The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regimen of Women" (1558) by John Knox
• A Regiment of Women (1917 play) by Clemence Dane (pseudonym for Winifred Ashton, 21 February 1888 – 28 March 1965) -- a study of life in a girls' school.
• "The Monstrous Regiment" (1929) publication by Conservative politician Christopher Hollis
• Regiment of Women (1973) satirical novel by Thomas Berger portraying a dystopian gender role-reversal society
• The Monstrous Regiment (1990) SF novel by Storm Constantine
• A Monstrous Regiment of Women (1995) mystery novel by Laurie R. King
• Monstrous Regiment (2003) Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett

Organizations

• The Monstrous Regiment Theatre Company, a British feminist theatre company that performed from 1975 to 1993

See also

• "Monstrous Regiment (disambiguation)", Wikipedia
• "The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regimen of Women", Wikipedia