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> [... 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ritter-beard/the-precedents-for-feminine-self-expression-run-back-through-all-the/)

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## More by Mary Ritter Beard

> [While it is generally agreed that the visible expressions and agencies are necessary instruments, civilization seems to depend far more fundamentally upon the moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ritter-beard/while-it-is-generally-agreed-that-the-visible-expressions-and/)

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> [Unless one's philosophy is all-inclusive, nothing can be understood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ritter-beard/unless-one-s-philosophy-is-all-inclusive-nothing-can-be-understood/)

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> [The interactions of business and culture, one upon the other, form one of the least explored phases of history. For such a study, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ritter-beard/the-interactions-of-business-and-culture-one-upon-the-other-form-one/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ritter-beard/the-woman-s-bill-of-rights-is-unhappily-long-overdue-it-should-have/)

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> [ To ignore \[the\] great social facts -- political facts, if you please -- and over-emphasize the old moral responsibility of the 'domestic' mother is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ritter-beard/to-ignore-the-great-social-facts-political-facts-if-you-please-and/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ritter-beard/the-dogma-of-woman-s-complete-historical-subjection-to-men-must-be/)

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> [In their (women) quest for rights they have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs rather than their achievements and possessions, and have retold history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ritter-beard/in-their-women-quest-for-rights-they-have-naturally-placed-emphasis/)

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> [The trade agreement has become a rather distinct feature of the American labor movement. ... It is based on the idea that labor shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ritter-beard/the-trade-agreement-has-become-a-rather-distinct-feature-of-the/)

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> [Comfort, however, easily merges into license.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ritter-beard/comfort-however-easily-merges-into-license/)

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> [Every great creative idea, formulated as a philosophy, has a social setting - in time, in a geographical location, in a political economy, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ritter-beard/every-great-creative-idea-formulated-as-a-philosophy-has-a-social/)

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> [The origin of the labor movement lies in self-defense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ritter-beard/the-origin-of-the-labor-movement-lies-in-self-defense/)

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> [Leisure for reverie, gay or somber, does much to enrich life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ritter-beard/leisure-for-reverie-gay-or-somber-does-much-to-enrich-life/)

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> [In brief, we who write are all in the same boat, as if we are survivors of torpedoes, and we hope to reach the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ritter-beard/in-brief-we-who-write-are-all-in-the-same-boat-as-if-we-are-survivors/)

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> [We of the third sphere are unable to look at Europe or at Asia as they may survey each other. Wherever we go, across…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ritter-beard/we-of-the-third-sphere-are-unable-to-look-at-europe-or-at-asia-as/)

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> [For hundreds of years the use of the word 'man' has troubled critical scholars, careful translators, and lawyers. Difficulties occur whenever and wherever it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ritter-beard/for-hundreds-of-years-the-use-of-the-word-man-has-troubled-critical/)

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