Women have been called queens a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.

Louisa May Alcott

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Oppression of women Gender relations

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Author

Louisa May Alcott

Source

An Old-Fashioned Girl

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Novel

Language

English

Time

1869 1860s 19th century

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Novelist Writer

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United States

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Original Citation

Alcott, Louisa May. An Old-Fashioned Girl. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1869, ch. 13.

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Alcott, Louisa May. An Old-Fashioned Girl. Puffin Books, 1996, ch. 13.

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The subject of history is the life of peoples and of humanity. To catch and pin down in words-that is, to describe directly the life, not only of humanity, but even of a single people, appears to be impossible.

Leo Tolstoy

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Leo Tolstoy
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Tolstoy, Leo. "Война и миръ [War and Peace]." The Russian Messenger, 1865-1867. Serial.

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Tolstoy, Leo. War and Peace, translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. Oxford University Press, 2010.

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So true is it that unnatural generally means only uncustomary, and that everything which is usual appears natural. The subjection of women to men being a universal custom, any departure from it quite naturally appears unnatural.

John Stuart Mill

The Subjection of Women

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John Stuart Mill
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The Subjection of Women
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Language
English
Time
1869 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Mill, John Stuart. The Subjection of Women. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "The Subjection of Women." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 1.