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Julia McNair Wright (1840-1903) was an American author known for her works on women and religious themes. Her writing had a significant impact on women's literature of the time.

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Famous Julia McNair Wright Quotes

“I hope the day will come when a wasp-waist and a pair of thin shoulders will not be esteemed beauty: we have had our ideas ruined by trash novels, praising 'fragile forms' and 'delicate beauty,' 'dainty waists,' 'snow-drop faces,' and a lot of other nonsense.”

Ideas Faces Form Beauty Novel Praise Shoulders Snow Nonsense Pairs Fragile Delicate Ruined Trash Wasps Dainty

Book:The Complete Home: an Encyclopædia of Domestic Life and Affairs: The Household in Its Foundation, Order, Economy ... A Volume of Practical Experiences Popularly Illustrated

Source: The Complete Home: an Encyclopædia of Domestic Life and Affairs: The Household in Its Foundation, Order, Economy ... A Volume of Practical Experiences Popularly Illustrated

“The grossest form of this injury of the body to ornament it, is in tattooing. Next, the piercing the ear all around its rim, piercing the nose and the lips to introduce rings or bars of jewelry.”

Body Form Next Ears Lips Rings Bars Noses Injury Introducing Jewelry Ornaments Piercings Rims

Author:Julia McNair Wright

“Books form in us habits of thought which shall live forever with us.”

Book Form Forever Habit Live Forever

Book:The Complete Home: an Encyclopædia of Domestic Life and Affairs: The Household in Its Foundation, Order, Economy ... A Volume of Practical Experiences Popularly Illustrated

Source: The Complete Home: an Encyclopædia of Domestic Life and Affairs: The Household in Its Foundation, Order, Economy ... A Volume of Practical Experiences Popularly Illustrated

About the Author

Born: 1840
Died: 1903
Known for: Author
Quotes: 32

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The Complete Home: an Encyclopædia of Domestic Life and Affairs: The Household in Its Foundation, Order, Economy ... A Volume of Practical Experiences Popularly IllustratedRelated source material

Ideal Homes, Or, Our Golden Mile-stones ...: A Volume of Practical Experices, Popularly Illustrated : Embracing All the Interests of the HouseholdRelated source material

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