[The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) by Ida Husted Harper]@TWC D-Link book
The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2)

CHAPTER VI
8/47

With a degree of impiety which was both startling and disgusting, this shrewish _maiden_ counseled the numerous wives and mothers present to separate from their husbands whenever they became intemperate, _and particularly not to allow the said husbands to add another child to the family_ (probably no _married_ advocate of woman's rights would have made this remark).

Think of such advice given in public by one who claims to be a _maiden_ lady! Miss Anthony may be a very respectable lady, but such conversation is certainly not calculated to enhance public regard for her....
She announced quite confidently that wives don't de facto love their husbands if they are dissipated.

Everyday observation proves the utter falsity of this statement, and if there is one characteristic of the sex which more than another elevates and ennobles it, it is the _persistency_ and intensity of woman's love for man.

But what does Miss Anthony know of the thousand delights of married life; of the sweet stream of affection, of the golden ray of love which beams ever through life's ills?
Bah! Of a like disgusting character was her advice to mothers about not using stimulants, even when prescribed by physicians, for the benefit of the young.

What in the name of crying babies does Miss Anthony know about such matters?
In our humble judgment, it is by no means complimentary to wives and mothers to be found present at such discourses, encouraging such untruthful and pernicious advice.


<<Back  Index  Next>>

D-Link book Top

TWC mobile books