“Every great creative idea, formulated as a philosophy, has a social setting - in time, in a geographical location, in a political economy, in a matrix of interests and knowledge. It is not a free-swinging phenomenon like a balloon without moorings. It is not produced in a vacuum and, being creative, it does not work in a vacuum. Nurtured on things experienced and things known, it reaches out toward the unknown like a flower on a stalk growing out of the soil.” DoeIdeasPhilosophyPoliticalSocialInterestKnownEconomyCreativeGrowingFlowerSettingSettingsSoilPhenomenonReach OutLocationBe CreativeVacuumsStalkingBalloonsCreative IdeasPolitical Economy Book:Making Women's History: The Essential Mary Ritter Beard Source: Making Women's History: The Essential Mary Ritter Beard
“... the precedents for feminine self-expression run back through all the ages since the art of writing was invented. ... The era may witness the first female engineer, motor truck chauffeur, radio broadcaster, head of an aviation school, or federal prohibition officer, but it has not produced the first thinking, creative, and writing woman by any means.” ThinkingWritingFirstsMayMeanArtSelfRunningAgeSchoolCreativeExpressionFemaleRadioWitnessErasAviationFeminineOfficersEngineersTruckMotorSelf ExpressionProhibitionPrecedentBroadcastersArt Of WritingChauffeurs Book:Making Women's History: The Essential Mary Ritter Beard Source: Making Women's History: The Essential Mary Ritter Beard