Our only hope for the redemption of woman from the thralldom of dr

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

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Feminism
category

The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source. – Lucretia Mott

Category:
Feminism

American women are fools because they try to be everything to everybody. – Viva

Category:
Feminism

Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, a good mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed, and unaggressive. – Marya Mannes

Category:
Feminism

The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. – Roseanne Barr

Category:
Feminism

Random Quotes

Begin each day as if it were on purpose. – Author Unknown

Category:
Purpose

We are all the Presidents men. – Henry Kissinger

Category:
Loyalty

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country. – Anais Nin

Category:
Dreams

Lo! Men have become the tools of their tools. – Henry David Thoreau

Category:
Technology