She must achieve conscious independence whether in or out of the family.

Unquestionably there came with the Revolution a vision of a new woman--a woman from whom all of the willfulness and frivolity and helplessness of the "Lady" of the old regime should be stripped, while all her qualities of gentleness and charm should be preserved.

The old-world lady was to be merged into a woman strong, capable, severely beautiful, a creature who had all of the virtues and none of the follies of femininity.
It was strong yeast they put into the pot in '76.
A fresh leaven in a people can never be distributed evenly.

Moreover, the mass to which it is applied is never homogeneous.

There are spots so hard no yeast can move them; there are others so light the yeast burns them out.