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“They were inconveniently reasonable, these women.”

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

“If I grew up in the simple-minded belief that women were as strong and intelligent as men, it was because I came from a…

— Shirley Abbott

“She was no intellectual, but men were scrupulous about avoiding intellectual women unless they had the sense to keep it well hidden.”

— Margaret Way

“Women were tricky creatures under the best of circumstances. This was not the best of circumstances.”

— Genevieve Dewey

“... one could find plenty of intelligent women in the world if one were willing to look.”

— Christine de Pizan

“As if women were all fine ladies, instead of rational creatures.”

— Jane Austen

“Reasonable, sensible men can always make a reasonable scheme appear such to other reasonable men.”

— Walter Isaacson

“She hadn't ascribed to this modern notion of equality between the sexes. Woman were patently superior.”

— Laura Kinsale

“She belonged to that rare and objectionable species, the intellectual snob devoid of intellect.”

— Nancy Mitford

“If women are so smart, how come hardly any philosophers have been, and now are, female?”

— Juan T. Llibre

“An intelligent woman is a goldmine! She has the ability to learn, reason and understand things better and faster than her contemporaries. She is…

— Agu Jaachynma N.E

“If there is one thing that the average woman detests more than another, it is an entirely reasonable man.”

— R. Austin Freeman