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

Mary Butts

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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

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Butts, Mary. The Crystal Cabinet: My Childhood at Salterns. London: Metheun & Co., 1937.

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So true is it that unnatural generally means only uncustomary, and that everything which is usual appears natural. The subjection of women to men being a universal custom, any departure from it quite naturally appears unnatural.

John Stuart Mill

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Time
1869 1860s 19th century
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Mill, John Stuart. The Subjection of Women. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869, ch. 1.

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Mill, John Stuart. "The Subjection of Women." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 1.