All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Woman's Sphere

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Topic

Women and society Civilization Women

Speaker

Bob Stephens' Wife

Author

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Source

Woman's Sphere

Language

English

Time

1868 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Abolitionist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Stowe, Harriet Beecher. "Woman's Sphere." The Chimney-Corner. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868.

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Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

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Medium
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Time
1860 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Address at Cooper Institute, New York City." 27 Feb. 1860, New York City, NY, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Address at Cooper Institute, New York City, February 27, 1860." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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Woman's at best a contradiction still.

Alexander Pope

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Nature of women Women

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Alexander Pope
Source
Letters of Alexander Pope
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1735 1730s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Original Citation

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