They narrow their understanding of human nature, and that is not the way to improve the breed.' 'I suppose we women are taken to be the second thoughts of the Creator; human nature's fringes, mere finishing touches, not a part of the texture,' said Diana; 'the pretty ornamentation.

However, I fancy I perceive some tolerance growing in the minds of the dominant sex.
Our old lawyer Mr.Braddock, who appears to have no distaste for conversations with me, assures me he expects the day to come when women will be encouraged to work at crafts and professions for their independence.

That is the secret of the opinion of us at present--our dependency.

Give us the means of independence, and we will gain it, and have a turn at judging you, my lords! You shall behold a world reversed.
Whenever I am distracted by existing circumstances, I lay my finger on the material conditions, and I touch the secret.

Individually, it may be moral with us; collectively, it is material-gross wrongs, gross hungers.
I am a married rebel, and thereof comes the social rebel.