“Nothing can hide from me the conviction that an immortal soul needs for its sustenance something more than visiting, and gardening, and novel-reading, and crochet-needle, and the occasional manufacture of sponge cake.”
Quote by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Work
Woman and her Wishes, etc. ... Second edition, with an appendix
This book is a revised version of a previous publication that delves into the themes of women's aspirations and lives, enhanced with a supplementary section in the second edition. more
Author
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Thomas Wentworth Higginson was an American author, editor, and social activist known for his advocacy of women's rights, abolitionism, and socialism. His works spanned poetry, novels, essays, and criticism, with his most famous work being the autobiographical novel 'My Life and Times'. Higginson's writing style was influenced by both Romanticism and Realism. more
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