It is an old adage, "All is fair in love as in war," but I thought not of general laws, and only felt a private grievance.
Had I made capital on my prettiness, I should have closed the doors of public employment to women for many a year, by the very means which now makes … - Jane Swisshelm
Had I made capital on my prettiness, I should have closed the doors of public employment to women for many a year, by the very means which now makes …
- Jane Swisshelm
Dying is not difficult, yielding is impossible. - Jane Swisshelm
Dying is not difficult, yielding is impossible.
It appears to be a matter of national pride that the President is to have more mud, and blacker mud, and filthier mud in front ofhis door than any ot… - Jane Swisshelm
It appears to be a matter of national pride that the President is to have more mud, and blacker mud, and filthier mud in front ofhis door than any ot…
Abolitionists were men of sharp angles. Organizing them was like binding crooked sticks in a bundle. - Jane Swisshelm
Abolitionists were men of sharp angles. Organizing them was like binding crooked sticks in a bundle.
When a woman starts out in the world on a mission, secular or religious, she should leave her feminine charms at home. - Jane Swisshelm
When a woman starts out in the world on a mission, secular or religious, she should leave her feminine charms at home.
It was quite an insignificant looking sheet, but no sooner did the American eagle catch sight of it, than he swooned and fell off his perch. - Jane Swisshelm
It was quite an insignificant looking sheet, but no sooner did the American eagle catch sight of it, than he swooned and fell off his perch.
Women should not weaken their cause by impracticable demands. Make no claim which could not be won in a reasonable time. Take onestep at a time, get … - Jane Swisshelm
Women should not weaken their cause by impracticable demands. Make no claim which could not be won in a reasonable time. Take onestep at a time, get …
The diagnosis of drunkenness was that it was a disease for which the patient was in no way responsible, that it was created by existing saloons, and … - Jane Swisshelm
The diagnosis of drunkenness was that it was a disease for which the patient was in no way responsible, that it was created by existing saloons, and …
We have not the slightest idea that women are made of such light material that the breath of any fool or knave may blow them on the rocks of ruin. - Jane Swisshelm
We have not the slightest idea that women are made of such light material that the breath of any fool or knave may blow them on the rocks of ruin.
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