Emperor Quote by Margaret Mead

To be a queen of a household is a powerful thing.

— Jill Scott

. .women are house as well as factory slaves and are forced to bear a double workload.

— Clara Zetkin

I read somewhere that if you translated all the gadgets and technology in our houses to make our lives easier and save time, each…

— Herbert

“Even the impetuous Helena Justina was an advocate of traditional family councils. However, every Roman matron knows that domestic councils were devised by our…

— Lindsey Davis

“And having a servant was not a sign of wealth or privilege—even a modest establishment would have a maid, as this was an important…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“The woman who had been born in an imperial palace, and then, as Queen of France, had had hundreds of rooms in her dwelling…

— Stefan Zweig

“The story of women taking over the duties of their husbands in factories and homes during times of war is a familiar one. While…

— Melissa Rank

“I realized then how odd it must seem to them to be summoned by a woman. Roman women were at home quietly minding their…

— Margaret George

“Let me give you a piece of advice,” she murmured. “Rome only exists because of slaves. That’s how it functions. We are its muscles,…

— Lesley Livingston

“I am a principal consort, having been carried through the front gate with pomp and circumstance, as mandated by our ancestors. Empress Dowager Cixi…

— Empress Jiashun

In a certain reign there was a lady not of the first rank whom the emperor loved more than any of the others. The…

— Murasaki Shikibu

One dedicated worker is worth a thousand slaves.

— Confucius