Let woman share the rights and she will emulate the virtues of man, for she must grow more perfect when emancipated.
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Quotes
Gentleness, docility, and a spaniel-like affection are, on this ground, consistently recommended as the cardinal virtues of the sex; and, disregarding the arbitrary economy of nature, one writer has declared that it is masculine for a woman to be melancholy.
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| Birth: | 27th April, 1759 |
| Death: | 10th September, 1797 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Writer, Philosopher |
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