... the precedents for feminine self-expression run back through all the ages since the art of writing was invented. ... The era may witness the first female engineer, motor truck chauffeur, radio broadcaster, head of an aviation school, or federal… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share Image
While it is generally agreed that the visible expressions and agencies are necessary instruments, civilization seems to depend far more fundamentally upon the moral… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share
The interactions of business and culture, one upon the other, form one of the least explored phases of history. For such a study, no… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share
The woman's bill of rights is, unhappily, long overdue. It should have run along with the rights of man in the eighteenth century. Its… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share
To ignore [the] great social facts -- political facts, if you please -- and over-emphasize the old moral responsibility of the 'domestic' mother is… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share
The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by the human… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share
In their (women) quest for rights they have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs rather than their achievements and possessions, and have retold history… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share
The trade agreement has become a rather distinct feature of the American labor movement. ... It is based on the idea that labor shall… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share
Every great creative idea, formulated as a philosophy, has a social setting - in time, in a geographical location, in a political economy, in… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share
In brief, we who write are all in the same boat, as if we are survivors of torpedoes, and we hope to reach the… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share
We of the third sphere are unable to look at Europe or at Asia as they may survey each other. Wherever we go, across… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share
For hundreds of years the use of the word 'man' has troubled critical scholars, careful translators, and lawyers. Difficulties occur whenever and wherever it… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share
