Katharineor Katharina. Daughter of Baptista, a rich gentleman of
Padua. She was very beautiful, but a shrew. Petruchio of Verona married
her, and so subdued her imperious temper by his indomitable will, that
she became the model of a “submissive wife,” and gave Bianca, her
sister, most excellent advice respecting the duty of submission. (
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Katharine from Infoplease:
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