The woman is like a nail, driven into the wall. . . . She sits at home.
Leader of the Protestant Reformation
The woman is like a nail, driven into the wall. . . . She sits at home.
Leader of the Protestant Reformation
Context: Metaphor for women's domestic role
c. 1530s-1540s
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