Various quotes
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"I'm not denying that women are foolish, God Almighty made them to match the men"
Mary Ann Evans
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" It has pleased providence to preserve to me my calmness of mind, clearness of intellect, my cheerfulness and my enjoyment of little things "
Mary Russell Mitford
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" Why, when the broad road of progress is cleared for so many human beings, is the Juggernaut car of prejudice still to be driven on, crushing the crowds of helpless women beneath the wheels".
An appeal to the men of New Zealand in 1869 by Mary Muller
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" I hope when I get to heaven that I shall not find the women playing second fiddle"
Mary Watson Whitney .... Astronomer
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" I have a passion for the name of Mary for once it had a magic sound to me "
Lord Byron
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George Orwell said in his Letters " People always grow up like their names. If I wanted a girl to grow up beautiful I'd call her Elizabeth and if I wanted her to be a good cook I'd choose something like Mary or Jane"
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