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# Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks

(1891–1975)   Historian

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Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks was a historian.

## Quick Facts About Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks

Born July 25, 1891

Died July 6, 1975

Profession Historian

## About Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks

British writer and college principal (1891-1975)... \| Mary Danvers Stocks, Baroness Stocks was a British writer. She was closely associated with the Strachey, the Wedgwood and the Ricardo families. Her family was deeply involved in changes in the Victorian Era and Stocks herself was deeply involved in women's suffrage, the welfare state, and other aspe

##  Quotes by Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks

> [Domestic work, is, after all, both tedious and repetitive, and it is not surprising that most women and all men avoid as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-stocks-baroness-stocks/domestic-work-is-after-all-both-tedious-and-repetitive-and-it-is-not/)

Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks

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> [ \[On women as priests:\] It has always seemed very odd to me that this particular sphere of activity should remain a male… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-stocks-baroness-stocks/on-women-as-priests-it-has-always-seemed-very-odd-to-me-that-this/)

Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks

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> [It is clearly absurd that it should be possible for a woman to qualify as a saint with direct access to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-stocks-baroness-stocks/it-is-clearly-absurd-that-it-should-be-possible-for-a-woman-to/)

Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks

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