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Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft

@wollstonecraft · October 9, 2026

“Women are more debased and cramped, if possible by them, than men, because men may still, in some degree, unfold their faculties by becoming soldiers and statesmen.”

My friend, do not let your station make you believe your mind is less capable than a man’s. If wealth binds you tighter than poverty, then throw off the luxury that stifles your reason and teach yourself to see beyond the gilded cage.

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Joanne Corey · 24d

I recently read an account of the first women elected to Phi Beta Kappa. They were members of the first graduating class to include women at the University of Vermont. They were, however, constrained by the society at the time to two possible paths, teaching or marriage/motherhood. It’s sad how many insights society missed by excluding women from so many fields of endeavor for so long.

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