Maria Edgeworth Quote

What a misfortune it is to be born a woman!…Why seek for knowledge, which can prove only that our wretchedness is irremediable? If a ray of light break in upon us, it is but to make darkness more visible; to show us the new limits, the Gothic structure, the impenetrable barriers of our prison.


Leonora (1806) Letter 1


What a misfortune it is to be born a woman!…Why seek for knowledge, which can prove only that our wretchedness is irremediable? If a ray of light...

What a misfortune it is to be born a woman!…Why seek for knowledge, which can prove only that our wretchedness is irremediable? If a ray of light...

What a misfortune it is to be born a woman!…Why seek for knowledge, which can prove only that our wretchedness is irremediable? If a ray of light...

What a misfortune it is to be born a woman!…Why seek for knowledge, which can prove only that our wretchedness is irremediable? If a ray of light...