The don and the bluestocking have to live, so have the cowboy and the cook. Race Improvement : or, Eugenics : a Little Book on a Great Subject La Reine Helen Baker Men do so hate a bluestocking, she said once pensively to her friend Emily.
On October 3, 1935, Italy attacked Ethiopia from Eritrea and Italian Somaliland without a declaration of war. On October 7, the League of Nations unanimously declared Italy an aggressor but took no effective action.
In a war that lasted seven months, Ethiopia was outmatched by Italy in armaments--a situation exacerbated by the fact that a League of Nations arms embargo was not enforced against Italy. Despite a valiant defense, the next six months saw the Ethiopians pushed back on the northern front and in Harerge.