If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves? – Mary Astell
Certain I am, that Christian Religion does no where allow Rebellion. – Mary Astell
If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves? – Mary Astell
Certain I am, that Christian Religion does no where allow Rebellion. – Mary Astell
The Relation we bear to the Wisdom of the Father, the Son of His Love, gives us indeed a dignity which otherwise we have no pretence to. It makes us something, something considerable even in Gods Eyes. – Mary Astell
Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. – Mary Astell
Our only hope for the redemption of woman from the thralldom of dress lies in the belief that her hitherto limited sphere of activities has been so insufficient for her intellectual occupations that she has been forced to expend her thoughts in decorating her person, instead of enlarging her mind. – Mercy B. Jackson