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For many women of the gentry, marriage was essential to secure financial stability. [note 2] Unmarried women, especially widows, faced a challenging reality. [9] Upon the death of their father, their resources were limited. They might find work as a governess or teacher if qualified, but these roles were often seen as subordinate and difficult ...
These famous quotes about marriage range from sweet and romantic quotes about love to funny and honest quotes that will make you and your spouse laugh.
For Love or Money, a Pictorial History of Women and Work in Australia, Megan McMurchy, Margot Oliver and Jeni Thornley (1983) Home Girls, various authors (1983) How to Suppress Women's Writing, Joanna Russ (1983) In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose, Alice Walker (1983) "I've Had Nothing Yet, So I Can't Take More", Rachel Adler (1983)
“Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” — Franklin P. Jones “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same ...
Mary Hays (1759–1843) was an autodidact intellectual who published essays, poetry, novels and several works on famous (and infamous) women. She is remembered for her early feminism, and her close relations to dissenting and radical thinkers of her time including Robert Robinson, Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin and William Frend. [1]
Whether you've been married for a long time or have a wedding coming up, these marriage quotes will help you channel a lifetime full of love!
A member of a distinguished literary family, Lady Wroth was among the first female English writers to have achieved an enduring reputation. Mary Wroth was niece to Mary Herbert née Sidney (Countess of Pembroke and one of the most distinguished women writers and patrons of the 16th century), and to Sir Philip Sidney , a famous Elizabethan poet ...
Famous anarchist Emma Goldman wrote how marriage was not a love pact but an economic agreement that restricts men's and mainly women's freedoms. She criticized how wives were surrendered freedoms permanently for the sake of marriage, and how sexuality and child rearing outside of marriage is shamed.