Marriage is the only actual bondage known to our law. There remain no legal slaves, except the mistress of every house.


The Subjection of Women (1869)

John Stuart Mill Quotes

Marriage is the only actual bondage known to our law. There remain no legal slaves, except the mistress of every house.

Marriage is the only actual bondage known to our law. There remain no legal slaves, except the mistress of every house.

Marriage is the only actual bondage known to our law. There remain no legal slaves, except the mistress of every house.

Marriage is the only actual bondage known to our law. There remain no legal slaves, except the mistress of every house.