To open avenues to political place and power for all classes of women would cause [the] humble labors of the family and school to be still more undervalued and shunned.

Quote by Catharine Esther Beecher

Topics: Women Quotes

How many young hearts have revealed the fact that what they had been trained to...

How many young hearts have revealed the fact that what they had been trained to...

I have yet not been able to answer the great question that has never been...

I have yet not been able to answer the great question that has never been...

A woman's life is a history of the affections

A woman's life is a history of the affections

Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they...

Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they...

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men, the other 999 follow...

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men, the other 999 follow...

Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the...

Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the...

EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or...

EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or...

The loneliest woman in the world is the woman without a close woman friend.

The loneliest woman in the world is the woman without a close woman friend.

Woman was God's second mistake.

Woman was God's second mistake.

It's really hard to walk in a single woman's shoes -- that's why you sometimes...

It's really hard to walk in a single woman's shoes -- that's why you sometimes...

I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they...

I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they...

To men, women are just city buses. There's another one every five minutes.

To men, women are just city buses. There's another one every five minutes.

You may be a princess or the richest woman in the world, but you cannot...

You may be a princess or the richest woman in the world, but you cannot...

We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America,...

We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America,...

Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at thirty-five. Do you get...

Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at thirty-five. Do you get...

What I am defending is the real rights of women. A woman should have the...

What I am defending is the real rights of women. A woman should have the...

The Germans are like women, you can scarcely ever fathom their depths -- they haven't...

The Germans are like women, you can scarcely ever fathom their depths -- they haven't...

It is not alone the fact that women have generally had to spend most of...

It is not alone the fact that women have generally had to spend most of...

Lipstick is really magical. It holds more than a waxy bit of color, it holds...

Lipstick is really magical. It holds more than a waxy bit of color, it holds...