19th century Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville
![“[N]ow that I am drawing to the close of this work, in which I have spoken of so many important things done by the Americans, to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of that people ought mainly to be attributed, I should reply: To the superiority of their women.” quote by Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3bc/alexis-de-tocqueville-625_19th-century_n-ow-that-i-am-drawing-to-the-close-of-t_2080873.jpg)
““[N]ow that I am drawing to the close of this work, in which I have spoken of so many important things done by the Americans, to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of that people ought mainly to be attributed, I should reply: To the superiority of their women.””
![“[T]he status of women in a society is a pretty reliable index of the degree of civilization of that society.” quote by Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4e0/ursula-k-le-guin-138_quote_t-he-status-of-women-in-a-society-is-a-p_2430266.jpg)
![“. . . Luddites were those frenzied traditionalists of the early 19th century who toured [England] wrecking new weaving machines on the theory that if they were destroyed . . . old jobs and old ways of life could be preserved . . . At certain times in his life each man is tempted to become a…” quote by James A. Michener](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/182/james-a-michener-1627_19th-century_luddites-were-those-frenzied-traditional_76909.jpg)
