I was told that desire for learning in women was against the will of God.

Mary Butts

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Topic

Oppression of women Women's rights Education

Author

Mary Butts

Source

The Crystal Cabinet

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Butts, Mary. The Crystal Cabinet: My Childhood at Salterns. 1937.

Current Citation

Butts, Mary. The Crystal Cabinet: My Childhood at Salterns. Beacon P, 1988.

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Another quote from the 1930s

What most people don't seem to realize is that there is just as much money to be made out of the wreckage of a civilization as from the upbuilding of one.

Margaret Mitchell

Gone with the Wind

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Topic
Decline of civilization
Speaker
Captain Butler

Author

Margaret Mitchell
Source
Gone with the Wind
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. Macmillan Publishers, 1936, pt. 2, ch. 9.

Another quote about Education

Behold! human beings living in an underground den... Like ourselves... They see only their own shadows, or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Topic
Ignorance Education
Speaker
Socrates

Author

Plato
Source
Republic
Medium
Philosophical dialogue Dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic. Written by Plato. 375 BC, 7, 514a-515b.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic. Written by Plato. Translated by G. M. A Grube and C. D. C. Reeve. Hackett Publishing, 1992, 7, 514a-515c.