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Women have seldom sufficient employment to silence their feelings; a round of little cares, or vain pursuits frittering away all strength of mind and ...more

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The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger.

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I earnestly wish to point out in what true dignity and human happiness consists. I wish to persuade women to endeavor to acquire strength, both of min...more

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It is time to effect a revolution in female manners - time to restore to them their lost dignity - and make them, as a part of the human species, labo...more

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It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men.

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Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its...more

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[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor the most gentle of ...more

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I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the...more