Watson Was a Woman

<h4 data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: center;">“Watson, the fair sex is your department” [SECO]  </h4> <p>There was a scandal in Sherlockian circles in the early 1940s. Author Rex Stout, BSI ("The Boscombe Valley Mystery"), creator of Nero Wolfe, after careful research, determined that Watson was a woman. He presented his facts in the <em>Saturday Review of Literature</em> and let them sit.</p> <p>They didn't sit well with all Sherlockians, and Julian Wolff, BSI ("The Red-Headed League") took up his pen to offer a retort in "That Was No Lady." Both essays appeared in Edgar W. Smith's <em><a href="https://amzn.to/3daAva6">Profile By Gaslight</a></em>, and we discussed them in our monthly feature "Mr. Sherlock Holmes the Theorist" episode. It's just a Trifle.   </p> <div data-blogger-escaped-style="margin: 0px;"> <p>Have you left us a rating and review on <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?mt=2" data-blogger-escaped-target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a> yet? You don't need to own an Apple device, and every review helps more people find the show. </p> <p>We're available everywhere you listen to podcasts, including <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sherlock-holmes-trifles/id1198869691?mt=2"> Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3RyaWZsZXNwb2RjYXN0LmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/6SF8y5sXSfWPBnH2W7WmKc">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles">SoundCloud</a>, and <a href= "https://play.radiopublic.com/sherlock-holmes-trifles-GqnV0O">RadioPublic</a>.</p> <div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: center;"> <div class="dropdown" data-blogger-escaped-style= "font-weight: 700;"> <div id="myDropdown" class="dropdown-content"> <p>And please consider supporting our efforts through <a href="https://patreon.com/trifles" data-blogger-escaped-style="font-weight: normal;" data-blogger-escaped-target= "_blank">Patreon</a> or <a href= "https://www.paypa