I could care less about the subject of Woman writers but I saw the name George Eliot it reminded me of a story. Here’s how it goes.
My uncle runs an organization for sick children so he travels around a lot. One time he passed by Far Rockaway and stopped into R’ Freifeld’s yeshiva to daven Mincha. Before he left he noticed some CDs for sale. The CDs were different lectures given by R’ Freifeld so picked one up to have something to listen to on the way home. My Uncle relates that the lecture was not too interesting for him since it was given to college students.
A few days later he entered a Hospital to visit one of his patients. The Patient told my Uncle that there is another Jewish patient in a different room and suggested my uncle go talk to her. My Uncle reluctantly went since my Uncle usually only goes to people who call him for his assistance. On the way to the other patient my Uncle frantically tried to think of something positive to say when he sees the patient but to no avail. Upon entering the patient’s room still apprehensive not knowing what to say he noticed the girl was reading a book by George Eliot. He instantly had a flashback to the Shiur from R’ Freifeld. In the Shiur R’ Freifeld asked the students if they knew that the writer George Eliot was a women and most students were surprised by that and were even more surprised that R’ Freifeld knew. My uncle seeing that the patient was reading a book by George Eliot introduced himself and asked the patient “Did you know that George Eliot was a woman”? My uncle dresses in Chassidishe Garb so you can imagine it was an eye opener for the patient and it lead to a pleasant conversation. Now my uncle knew why he picked up that CD by R’ Freifeld.