Tag: women
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Lowell Mill Girl: A Life of Personal Responsibility
When does having a sense of group consciousness stand in the way of personal responsibility and self-actualization? “Harriet called the mill her “Alma Mater,” and felt that its “incentive to labor” and the discipline of the work were of great value. “We were taught daily habits of regularity and of industry; it was, in fact,…
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Dogs and Why Men and Women Love Them
5 Reasons Every Girl Should Have a Dog Why We Love Men Who Love Dogs
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“The adjustment of qualities is so perfect between men and women, and each is so necessary to the other, that the idea of inferiority is absurd.” Jenny June
LINKS TO SOME OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FEMALE EDITORS WHO LOVED THEIR WORK, BUT DIDN’T NECESSARILY WANT THE VOTE. Jenny June Gail Hamilton Mary L Booth Harriet Beecher Stowe
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And You Thought Women Couldn’t Build Bridges: Emily Warren Roebling
Here’s a happy story for a change: During the Civil War Emily went to visit her brother then commanding the 5th Army Corps at his headquarters and fell madly in love with Washington Roebling, the son of John A. Roebling who designed the as yet to be built Brooklyn Bridge. Washington obviously felt the…
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An Ideal Woman and Why We Hate Her
“. . . she carried out her duties as mistress of a small family with ‘piety, patience, frugality and industry’. Moreover, ‘… her ardent and unceasing flow of spirits, extreme activity and diligence, her punctuality, uprightness and remarkable frugality, combined with a firm reliance on God … carried her through the severest times of pressure,…
Author Adrienne Morris 