Is it to be imagined... that women were made for no other purpose than to fabricate sweetmeats and gingerbread, construct shirts, darn stockings, and become mothers of possible presidents? Assuredly not. Should the women of America ever discover what their power might be, and compare it with what it is, much improvement might be hoped for.


Domestic Manners of the Americans (1832)

Frances Trollope Quotes

Is it to be imagined... that women were made for no other purpose than to fabricate sweetmeats and gingerbread, construct shirts, darn stockings, and ...

Is it to be imagined... that women were made for no other purpose than to fabricate sweetmeats and gingerbread, construct shirts, darn stockings, and ...

Is it to be imagined... that women were made for no other purpose than to fabricate sweetmeats and gingerbread, construct shirts, darn stockings, and ...

Is it to be imagined... that women were made for no other purpose than to fabricate sweetmeats and gingerbread, construct shirts, darn stockings, and ...