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> [ The theory \[before the twentieth century\] ... was that all the jobs in the world belonged by right to men, and that only men were by nature entitled to wages. If a woman earned money, outside domestic service, it was… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rheta-childe-dorr/the-theory-before-the-twentieth-century-was-that-all-the-jobs-in-the/)

[Rheta Childe Dorr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rheta-childe-dorr/)

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## More by Rheta Childe Dorr

> [Living more lives than one, knowing people of all classes, all shades of opinion, monarchists, republicans, socialists, anarchists, has had a salutary effect on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rheta-childe-dorr/living-more-lives-than-one-knowing-people-of-all-classes-all-shades/)

[Rheta Childe Dorr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rheta-childe-dorr/)

> [...I knew I wanted to be permanently self-supporting and I vaguely thought I might work somewhere in the realm of ideas. I felt that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rheta-childe-dorr/i-knew-i-wanted-to-be-permanently-self-supporting-and-i-vaguely/)

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> [...I swore I would battle not only for myself but for freedom and opportunity for everything living that wore chains, especially sex chains. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rheta-childe-dorr/i-swore-i-would-battle-not-only-for-myself-but-for-freedom-and/)

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> [I wrote a great deal of verse. In fact, every time I fell in love, which was rather often, I burst into the emotional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rheta-childe-dorr/i-wrote-a-great-deal-of-verse-in-fact-every-time-i-fell-in-love-which/)

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> [...feminism never harmed anybody unless it was some feminists. The danger is that the study and contemplation of "ourselves" may become so absorbing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rheta-childe-dorr/feminism-never-harmed-anybody-unless-it-was-some-feminists-the-danger/)

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> [The artist alone among men knows what true humility means. His reach forever exceeds his grasp. He can never be satisfied with his work.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rheta-childe-dorr/the-artist-alone-among-men-knows-what-true-humility-means-his-reach/)

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> [There was never any question with me as to which I would choose, my boy or my work. I had to have both.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rheta-childe-dorr/there-was-never-any-question-with-me-as-to-which-i-would-choose-my/)

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> [...a mind, if given only the best food never craves any other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rheta-childe-dorr/a-mind-if-given-only-the-best-food-never-craves-any-other/)

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> [ The theory \[before the twentieth century\] ... was that all the jobs in the world belonged by right to men, and that only men… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rheta-childe-dorr/the-theory-before-the-twentieth-century-was-that-all-the-jobs-in-the/)

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> [At a tender age, I commandeered half a quire of foolscap from my father's desk and sat down to write a book. ...I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rheta-childe-dorr/at-a-tender-age-i-commandeered-half-a-quire-of-foolscap-from-my/)

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> [...feminism differs from reform of any kind, even franchise reform. Feminists, I should say, are not reformers at all, but ratherintellectual biologists and psychologists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rheta-childe-dorr/feminism-differs-from-reform-of-any-kind-even-franchise-reform/)

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> [Feminism, like Boston, is a state of mind. It is the state of mind of women who realize that their whole position in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rheta-childe-dorr/feminism-like-boston-is-a-state-of-mind-it-is-the-state-of-mind-of/)

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