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Page 126
... Women , in particular , all want to be ladies . Which is simply to have nothing to do , but listlessly to go they scarcely care where , for they cannot tell what . But what have women to do in society ? I may be asked , but to loiter ...
... Women , in particular , all want to be ladies . Which is simply to have nothing to do , but listlessly to go they scarcely care where , for they cannot tell what . But what have women to do in society ? I may be asked , but to loiter ...
Page 127
... women are the most oppressed ; and , unless they have understandings far superior to the common run of understandings , taking in both sexes , they must , from being treated like contemptible beings , become contemptible . How many women ...
... women are the most oppressed ; and , unless they have understandings far superior to the common run of understandings , taking in both sexes , they must , from being treated like contemptible beings , become contemptible . How many women ...
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... Women ( March 1888 ) , she relates how the experience of women in the ab- olition movement gave them the insight and courage to confront their own oppression ; for women too were “ second - class citizens , ” forbidden by law to vote or ...
... Women ( March 1888 ) , she relates how the experience of women in the ab- olition movement gave them the insight and courage to confront their own oppression ; for women too were “ second - class citizens , ” forbidden by law to vote or ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
THUCYDIDES 460400 B C The Melian Dialogue | 11 |
PLUTARCH about 45120 On Spartacus | 18 |
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