Modern daughters; conversations with various American girls and one man (1899)
Black, Alexander, 1859-1940 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 74
Modern Daughters cc I dare say. It will go unsung, like the plain, average, every-day woman, who is doing so much of the world’s work, — I mean, of course, except on the Woman’s Page, Do you know you explained some things to me so beautifully a moment ago that I am tempted to put your sophistry — I… … this in a word: — We have spoken of clothes, and we have spoken of transit. Why do women get off a public vehicle backward ? I say public vehicle advisedly, for I have seen a woman get on and off a horse properly — assisted. I have seen her get off a bicycle properly, unassisted. I have even seen…
Women -- Social and moral questions
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