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> [...at this stage in the advancement of women the best policy for them is not to talk much about the abstract principles of women'srights but to do good work in any job they get, better work if possible than their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gildersleeve/at-this-stage-in-the-advancement-of-women-the-best-policy-for-them-is/)

[Virginia Gildersleeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gildersleeve/)

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> [There was danger at times that women might not be judged by the highest standards, but more leniently because of their sex. "She is a remarkably good chemist--for a woman," you might hear a man say. It seemed to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gildersleeve/there-was-danger-at-times-that-women-might-not-be-judged-by-the-2/)

[Virginia Gildersleeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gildersleeve/)

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## More by Virginia Gildersleeve

> [For more than twenty-five years my mind had been deeply troubled by the fact that these mechanical and scientific achievements ofman had outrun his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gildersleeve/for-more-than-twenty-five-years-my-mind-had-been-deeply-troubled-by/)

[Virginia Gildersleeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gildersleeve/)

> [The peace conference must not adjourn without the establishment of some ordered system of international government, backed by power enough to give authority to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gildersleeve/the-peace-conference-must-not-adjourn-without-the-establishment-of/)

[Virginia Gildersleeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gildersleeve/)

> [...at this stage in the advancement of women the best policy for them is not to talk much about the abstract principles of women'srights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gildersleeve/at-this-stage-in-the-advancement-of-women-the-best-policy-for-them-is/)

[Virginia Gildersleeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gildersleeve/)

> [There was danger at times that women might not be judged by the highest standards, but more leniently because of their sex. "She is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gildersleeve/there-was-danger-at-times-that-women-might-not-be-judged-by-the-2/)

[Virginia Gildersleeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gildersleeve/)

> [I was resolved to sustain and preserve in my college the bite of the mind, the chance to stand face to face with truth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gildersleeve/i-was-resolved-to-sustain-and-preserve-in-my-college-the-bite-of-the/)

[Virginia Gildersleeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gildersleeve/)

> [It was hard for an American to understand the contented acceptance by English men and women of permanent places in the lowest social rank.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gildersleeve/it-was-hard-for-an-american-to-understand-the-contented-acceptance-by/)

[Virginia Gildersleeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gildersleeve/)

> [The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some urge to fit that service into the well-being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gildersleeve/the-ability-to-think-straight-some-knowledge-of-the-past-some-vision/)

[Virginia Gildersleeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gildersleeve/)

> [...expatriated Americans, even Henry James himself, have always seemed to me somewhat anchorless, rudderless, drifting before thewind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gildersleeve/expatriated-americans-even-henry-james-himself-have-always-seemed-to/)

[Virginia Gildersleeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gildersleeve/)

> [The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some skill to do useful service, some urge to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gildersleeve/the-ability-to-think-straight-some-knowledge-of-the-past-some-vision-2/)

[Virginia Gildersleeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gildersleeve/)

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