“I must be the mate of the man I had chosen; and if he would not come to my level, I must go to his.” IfsMenReadingWomenLevelsMarriageHe ManChosenMates Author:Jane Swisshelm
“I cannot tell what I am as much afraid of, as a woman who invariably washes on Monday. It is a kind of key to character; and if her mouth is not puckered and her brow wrinkled, they will be, unless she repents.” IfsKindCharacterWomenKeysMouthsMondayRepentBrows Book:Letters to Country Girls Source: Letters to Country Girls
“If I wrote at all, I must throw myself headlong into the great political maelstrom, and would of course be swallowed up like a fishing-boat in the great Norway horror which decorated our school geographies; for no woman had ever done such a thing, and I could never again hold up my head under the burden of shame and disgrace which would be heaped upon me. But what matter? I had no children to dishonor; all save one who had ever loved me were dead, and she no longer needed me, and if the Lord wanted some one to throw into that gulf, no one could be better spared than I.” IfsChildrenMatterDoneWould BeWantedSchoolPoliticalCoursesLordNeededHorrorShameBurdenBoatJournalismFishingWhat MattersDisgraceGeographyDishonorNorwayGreat PoliticalMaelstromFishing Boats Author:Jane Swisshelm
