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 Maria Child)

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 Maria Child

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