... we become so accustomed to meet with injustice, and, if we are at all sincere with our own hearts, are so conscious of… — Elizabeth Missing Sewell Copy Share Image
... a woman who is not feminine is a monster in creation. — Elizabeth Missing Sewell Copy Share Image
Any strain upon a girl's intellect is to be dreaded, and any attempt to bring women into competition with men can scarcely escapefailure. — Elizabeth Missing Sewell Copy Share Image
Boys are sent out into the world to buffet with its temptations, to mingle with bad and good, to govern and direct - girls… — Elizabeth Missing Sewell Copy Share Image
... health is the obstacle, which ... must stand in the way of a girl's acquiring the intellectual strength, which ... is so invaluable to a boy. — Elizabeth Missing Sewell Copy Share Image
A boy's mind is not so easily sullied as a girl's… Undesirable knowledge is not an equal shock to the moral nature. — Elizabeth Missing Sewell Copy Share Image
A young man is stirred and stimulated by the consciousness of how much depends upon his own exertions: a young girl is oppressed by… — Elizabeth Missing Sewell Copy Share Image
The aim of education is to fit children for the position in life which they are hereafter to occupy. Boys are to be sent… — Elizabeth Missing Sewell Copy Share Image
