Blaming Quote by Gabrielle Palmer

“To be a good mother, a woman is supposed to devote herself entirely to her children (and often a dependent and childlike husband) and…

— Gabrielle Palmer

Ideas about mothers have swung historically with the roles of women. When women were needed to work the fields or shops, experts claimed that…

— Sandra Scarr

Until mothers earn their livings, women will not

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

“Let us acknowledge the magnitude of Motherhood, by simply honoring all mothers— past & present.”

— Eleesha

“If you want to know what's in motherhood for you, as a woman, then - in truth - it's nothing you couldn't get from,…

— Caitlin Moran

When I was a young boy, very young boy, mothers didn't work. Women were home, they took care of the house, they washed the…

— Jerry Weintraub

However diligent she may be, however dedicated, no mother can escape the larger influences of culture, biology,fate . . . until we can actually…

— Mary Blakely

“While motherhood is an incredible vocation, it has no more inherent worth than a childless woman simply being who she is, to the utmost…

— Caitlin Moran

“She was not, herself, hugely in favor of motherhood in general. Obviously it was necessary, but it wasn't exactly difficult . Even cats managed…

— Terry Pratchett

“Enabling mothers and babies to fulfil this period of vital nurture is not a favour to women; it is a contribution to the whole…

— Gabrielle Palmer

While so much is said of the inferior intellect of woman, it is by a strange absurdity conceded that very many eminent men owe…

— Matilda Joslyn Gage

“They scolded working mothers who were damaging their poor kids by their need to make a living.”

— Victor LaValle