Let us then, by way of experiment, suppose that women are allowed to acquire knowledge like men, and that their minds are not habituated to the slavish dependence that makes them become the abject tools of their masters.
Early feminist philosopher
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"The desire of being always admired is the reason why women are so often useless."
Controversial"I have been so accustomed to hear beauty of the mind extolled, that I have been led to expect something more than ordinary, when I have met with a woman with a cultivated understanding."
Strange & Unusual"The common source of all the follies which degrade women, is the inexperience which they are condemned to acquire, till they are mothers of families."
Controversial"The most perfect education, in my opinion, is such an exercise of the understanding as is best calculated to strengthen the body and form the heart."
Controversial"Contending for the rights of woman, my main argument is built on this simple principle, that if she be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the progress of knowledge…"
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