Lydia Maria Child Quote

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.


The First Woman in the Republic: A Cultural Biography of Lydia Maria Child (1994)


I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.