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Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes

And woman should stand beside man as the comrade of his soul, not the servant of his body Picture Quote #1

I cry at nothing, and cry most of the time Picture Quote #1

Until we see what we are, we cannot take steps to become what we should be Picture Quote #1

Where young boys plan for what they will achieve and attain, young girls plan for whom they will achieve and attain Picture Quote #1

Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil Picture Quote #1

To be surrounded by beautiful things has much influence upon the human creature; to make beautiful things has more Picture Quote #1

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The female of the genus homo is economically dependent on the male. He is her food supply Picture Quote #1

However, one cannot put a quart in a pint cup Picture Quote #1

Not woman, but the condition of woman, has always been a doorway of evil Picture Quote #1

One religion after another has accepted and perpetuated man’s original mistake in making a private servant of the mother of the race Picture Quote #1

A normal feminine influence in recasting our religious assumptions will do more than any other one thing to improve the world Picture Quote #1

What would have been the effect upon religion if it had come to us through the minds of women? Picture Quote #1

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Habits of thought persist through the centuries; and while a healthy brain may reject the doctrine it no longer believes, it will continue to feel the same sentiments formerly associated with that doctrine Picture Quote #1

A concept is stronger than a fact Picture Quote #1

A man does not have to stay at home all day, in order to love it; why should a woman? Picture Quote #1

All social relations exist and grow in the human mind. That one despot can rule over a million other men rests absolutely on their state of mind. They believe that he does; let them change their minds, and he does not Picture Quote #1

The home is a human institution. All human institutions are open to improvement Picture Quote #1

I do not want to be a fly, I want to be a worm! Picture Quote #1

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Today there is hardly a woman of intelligence in all America... Who is not definitely and actively concerned in some social interest, who does not recognize some duty besides those incident to her own blood relationship Picture Quote #1

$The mother as a social servant instead of a home servant will not lack in true mother duty. From her work, loved and honored though it is, she will return to her home life, the child life, with an eager, ceaseless pleasure, cleansed of all the fret and fraction and weariness that so mar it now Picture Quote #1$

The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses Picture Quote #1

The fact that women in the home have shut themselves away from the thought and life of the world has done much to retard progress. We fill the world with the children of 20th century A. D. Fathers and 20th century B. C. Mothers Picture Quote #1

When the mother of the race is free, we shall have a better world, by the easy right of birth and by the calm, slow, friendly forces of evolution Picture Quote #1

This is the woman’s century, the first chance for the mother of the world to rise to her full place... and the world waits while she powders her nose Picture Quote #1

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A man’s honor always seems to want to kill a woman to satisfy it Picture Quote #1

Many years later I was told that the great specialist had admitted to friends of his that he had altered his treatment of neurasthenia since reading the Yellow Wallpaper. It was not intended to drive people crazy, but to save people from being driven crazy, and it worked Picture Quote #1

Exciting literature after supper is not the best digestive Picture Quote #1

In a sick society, women who have difficulty fitting in are not ill but demonstrating a healthy and positive response Picture Quote #1

There are things in that paper that nobody knows but me, or ever will Picture Quote #1

New York - that unnatural city where every one is an exile, none more so than the American Picture Quote #1

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And woman should stand beside man as the comrade of his soul, not the servant of his body (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) I cry at nothing, and cry most of the time (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) Until we see what we are, we cannot take steps to become what we should be (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) Where young boys plan for what they will achieve and attain, young girls plan for whom they will achieve and attain (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) To be surrounded by beautiful things has much influence upon the human creature; to make beautiful things has more (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) The female of the genus homo is economically dependent on the male. He is her food supply (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) However, one cannot put a quart in a pint cup (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) Not woman, but the condition of woman, has always been a doorway of evil (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) One religion after another has accepted and perpetuated man’s original mistake in making a private servant of the mother of the race (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) A normal feminine influence in recasting our religious assumptions will do more than any other one thing to improve the world (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) What would have been the effect upon religion if it had come to us through the minds of women? (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) Habits of thought persist through the centuries; and while a healthy brain may reject the doctrine it no longer believes, it will continue to feel the same sentiments formerly associated with that doctrine (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) A concept is stronger than a fact (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) A man does not have to stay at home all day, in order to love it; why should a woman? (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) All social relations exist and grow in the human mind. That one despot can rule over a million other men rests absolutely on their state of mind. They believe that he does; let them change their minds, and he does not (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) The home is a human institution. All human institutions are open to improvement (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) I do not want to be a fly, I want to be a worm! (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) Today there is hardly a woman of intelligence in all America... Who is not definitely and actively concerned in some social interest, who does not recognize some duty besides those incident to her own blood relationship (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) The mother as a social servant instead of a home servant will not lack in true mother duty. From her work, loved and honored though it is, she will return to her home life, the child life, with an eager, ceaseless pleasure, cleansed of all the fret and fraction and weariness that so mar it now (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) The fact that women in the home have shut themselves away from the thought and life of the world has done much to retard progress. We fill the world with the children of 20th century A. D. Fathers and 20th century B. C. Mothers (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) When the mother of the race is free, we shall have a better world, by the easy right of birth and by the calm, slow, friendly forces of evolution (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) This is the woman’s century, the first chance for the mother of the world to rise to her full place... and the world waits while she powders her nose (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) A man’s honor always seems to want to kill a woman to satisfy it (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) Many years later I was told that the great specialist had admitted to friends of his that he had altered his treatment of neurasthenia since reading the Yellow Wallpaper. It was not intended to drive people crazy, but to save people from being driven crazy, and it worked (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) Exciting literature after supper is not the best digestive (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) In a sick society, women who have difficulty fitting in are not ill but demonstrating a healthy and positive response (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) There are things in that paper that nobody knows but me, or ever will (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes) New York - that unnatural city where every one is an exile, none more so than the American (Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes)

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