"Wollstonecraft" Quotes from Famous Books
... before her, to the standard of a man's acquirements. Only one art had she been denied, she must not learn the violin - the thought was too monstrous even for the Austins; and indeed it would seem as if that tide of reform which we may date from the days of Mary Wollstonecraft had in some degree even receded; for though Miss Austin was suffered to learn Greek, the accomplishment was kept secret like a piece of guilt. But whether this stealth was caused by a backward movement in public thought since the time of Edward Barron, or by the ... — Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin • Robert Louis Stevenson
... Mrs. Wheeler, a strong-minded, clever woman, the Mary Wollstonecraft of her day, on hearing that I had been asked to the "Hermitage" of Queen-Square Place by Mr. Bentham,—"Ah, you have no idea of what is before you! I ... — The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 • Various
... Derrick Smith, at the Mary Wollstonecraft Club, will always be glad to send you any literature ... — The Testing of Diana Mallory • Mrs. Humphry Ward |