I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.
Lydia M. Child

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It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong; the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means.
- Lydia M. Child
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That a majority of women do not wish for any important change in their social and civil condition, merely proves that they are the unreflecting slaves of custom.
- Lydia M. Child

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book. Lydia M. Child

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.
Lydia M. Child