It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are, in some degree, independent of men; nay, it is vain to expect that strength of natural affection, which would make them good wives and good mothers.
β Mary Wollstonecraft
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THE LIBRARY
Quotes
Words to return to, with the context behind them.
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, labour by reforming themselves to reform the world.
β Mary Wollstonecraft
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