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title: "6 Women Teachers Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“Many women have become teachers who never should have, because it’s more appealing than working in the mills or in the fields.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gaffney/many-women-have-become-teachers-who-never-should-have-because-it-s/)

[Virginia Gaffney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gaffney/)

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> [“Women teachers, let's shift the focus from 'you are a daughter of the King' to 'behold your King'.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jen-wilkin/women-teachers-let-s-shift-the-focus-from-you-are-a-daughter-of-the/)

[Jen Wilkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jen-wilkin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae1/jen-wilkin-46365_children_women-teachers-let-s-shift-the-focus-fro_731688.jpg)

> [I am very interested in the enlightenment of women. Very few teachers of advanced self discovery work with women, and if they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/i-am-very-interested-in-the-enlightenment-of-women-very-few-teachers/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [We didn't educate women, because the leaders then didn't think they were educable. That changed when a shortage of teachers developed, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelby-spong/we-didn-t-educate-women-because-the-leaders-then-didn-t-think-they/)

[John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelby-spong/)

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> [ The smartest people in Indianapolis became teachers \[during the Great Depression\]. And, for once, there was something for women to do because… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/the-smartest-people-in-indianapolis-became-teachers-during-the-great/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

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> [“Ah, but we are women as well as teachers... We have needs that nature has given us fr the very preservation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/ah-but-we-are-women-as-well-as-teachers-we-have-needs-that-nature-has/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45d/mary-balogh-914_nature_ah-but-we-are-women-as-well-as-teachers_2607222.png)

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