““Hers was the timeless tale of the imbalance of power between the sexes, at least in traditional marriages. She was typical of millions of wives who buy into the age-old bargain—he works, she housekeeps—only to discover in middle age that, when he walks out, "The wife doesn't even have the elemental rights of a business partner who got screwed. If Dan Broderick had defrauded a business associate the way he did me when he broke our contract, he would've been the one in jail today, not me.””
![“The thrust of his parent's views, at least when applied to the situation of Mileva Maric rather than Marie Winteler, was that a wife was a luxury, affordable only when a man was making a comfortable living. "I have a low opinion of that view of a relationship between a man and wife," he [Einstein]…” quote by Walter Isaacson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d8a/walter-isaacson-384_life_the-thrust-of-his-parent-s-views-at-leas_1670489.jpg)
![“MR. TRAVERS [jumping up]. Oh, I do wish you women wouldn’t discuss the matter in that horribly business-like way. One would think the girl was selling herself. MRS. TRAVERS. Oh, don’t be foolish, James. One must look at the practical side of these things. Marriage is a matter of sentiment to a man…” quote by Jerome K. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/79b/jerome-k-jerome-1155_marriage_mr-travers-jumping-up-oh-i-do-wish-you-w_1082756.jpg)
![“In the forties [1940s] in Washington it was still unusual for a rich and socially well-connected married woman to work. If she did, her husband was assumed by his peers to be unable to support a household on his own and somehow to be inadequate.” quote by David Brinkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9ba/david-brinkley-25462_connected_in-the-forties-1940s-in-washington-it-wa_2386979.jpg)
