Mary Ritter Beard was an American historian known for her research on women's history. Her book 'The American Woman: Her Past and Present' had a profound impact on gender studies.
Related Quotes
“Unless one's philosophy is all-inclusive, nothing can be understood.”
“Democracy cannot sustain itself amid a high degree of violence.”
Source: A Woman Making History: Mary Ritter Beard Through Her Letters
Source: A Woman Making History: Mary Ritter Beard Through Her Letters
Source: Making Women's History: The Essential Mary Ritter Beard
“The origin of the labor movement lies in self-defense.”
Source: A Short History of the American Labor Movement
“the 'public' - a term often used in America to indicate the great metropolitan newspapers.”
Source: A Short History of the American Labor Movement
“Every revolution has its counter-revolution.”
Source: Making Women's History: The Essential Mary Ritter Beard
Source: A Woman Making History: Mary Ritter Beard Through Her Letters
Source: Making Women's History: The Essential Mary Ritter Beard
“Leisure for reverie, gay or somber, does much to enrich life.”
Source: Making Women's History: The Essential Mary Ritter Beard
“Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and an expression of energy associated with it.”
“The results of philanthropy are always beyond calculation.”
Source: Making Women's History: The Essential Mary Ritter Beard
“Action without study fatal. Study without action is futile.”
Source: A Woman Making History: Mary Ritter Beard Through Her Letters
Source: Making Women's History: The Essential Mary Ritter Beard