“Men in gray suits” refers to powerful, faceless people who control important matters behind the scenes. As feminist ideas influenced language, they became simply “gray suits” and are now genderless and disembodied. Suits are often symbols of power and authority figures with money. The phrase may have originated from the rebellion against formal attire by […]
Lady Jane Gray held the British throne for only nine days before being imprisoned for treason and eventually executed. Born in 1537, she was in the potential line of succession for the British throne. Her family plotted to line her up for succession, and she was proclaimed queen after Edward VI’s death in 1553. Mary […]
