“The mere idea of marriage, as a strong possibility, if not always nowadays a reasonable likelihood, existing to weaken the will by distracting its straight aim in the life of practically every young girl, is the simple secret of their confessed inferiority in men's pursuits and professions to-day.” IfsMenIdeasYoungGirlStrongSimpleSecretMarriagePossibilityAimMereProfessionPursuitReasonableInferiorityLikelihood Author:William Bolitho
“What is any respectable girl brought up to do but to catch some rich man's fancy and get the benefit of his money by marrying him?--as if a marriage ceremony could make any difference in the right or wrong of the thing!” IfsMenGirlSexDifferencesMarriageRichBenefitsFancyCeremonyRespectableRich ManMarryingMarriage CeremonyMarrying Him Book:Mrs. Warren's Profession Source: Mrs. Warren's Profession
“I never felt I could give up my life of freedom to become a man's housekeeper. When I was young, if a girl married poverty, she became a drudge; if she married wealth, she became a doll. Had I married at twenty-one, I would have been either a drudge or a doll for fifty-five years. Think of it!” IfsThinkingMenGivingYearsHas BeensYoungGirlFeltWealthFreedomMarriagePovertyFiveGiving UpMarriedTwentiesFive YearsFiftyDollsTwenty OneHousekeepers Author:Susan B. Anthony
“From infancy, almost, the average girl is told that marriage is her ultimate goal; therefore her training and education must be directed toward that end. Like the mute beast fattened for slaughter, she is prepared for that.” EndsGirlGoalMarriageTrainingUltimatePreparedAverageBeastSlaughterInfancyMuteUltimate GoalTraining And EducationAverage Girl Book:Marriage and Love Source: Marriage and Love
“The longer a woman remains single, the more apprehensive she will be of entering into the state of wedlock. At seventeen or eighteen, a girl will plunge into it, sometimes without either fear or wit; at twenty, she will begin to think; at twenty-four, will weigh and discriminate; at twenty-eight, will be afraid of venturing; at thirty, will turn about, and look down the hill she has ascended, and sometimes rejoice, sometimes repent, that she has gained that summit sola.” ThinkingLooksSometimesStatesTurnsGirlWomenMarriageFourTwentiesRemainsEightWitHillsThirtyRejoiceEnteringRepentSummitEighteenPlungeSeventeenWedlock Author:Samuel Richardson
“That girls should not marry for money we are all agreed. A lady who can sell herself for a title or an estate, for an income or aset of family diamonds, treats herself as a farmer treats his sheep and oxen--makes hardly more of herself, of her own inner self, in which are comprised a mind and soul, than the poor wretch of her own sex who earns her bread in the lowest state of degradation.” ShouldMindSoulSelfStatesGirlSexPoorMoneyMarriageTreatsSellsIncomeBreadTitlesFarmersSheepDiamondEstatesLowestInner SelfDegradationThat GirlOxen Book:Framley parsonage Source: Framley parsonage
“Every one knows about the young man who falls in love with the chorus-girl because she can kick his hat off, and his sister's friends can't or won't. But the youth who marries her, expecting that all her departures from convention will be as agile or as delightful to him as that, is still the classic example of folly.” KnowsMenStillsYoungFallGirlMarriageExampleYouthFalling In LoveYoung ManClassicKicksFollyHatsConventionsExpectingDelightfulDepartureChorusConventionalityHats Off Book:Modes and Morals Source: Modes and Morals
“An honest man may really love a pretty girl, but only an idiot marries her merely because she is pretty.” MenLoveMayGirlMarriageHonestIdiotHonest ManPretty Girl Author:Lord Chesterfield
“If a marriage is going to work well, it must be on a solid footing, namely money, and of that commodity it is the girl with the smallest dowry who, to my knowledge, consumes the most, to infuriate her husband. All the same, it is only fair that the marriage should pay for past pleasures, since it will scarcely procure any in the future.” IfsShouldWellsPastGirlPleasureMoneyPayMarriageHusbandFairsSmallestCommodityGoing To WorkDowry Author:Lord Chesterfield
“We hope the day will soon come when every girl will be a member of a great Union of Unmarried Women, pledged to refuse an offer ofmarriage from any man who is not an advocate of their emancipation.” MenGirlMarriageOffersMembersUnionsRefuseEmancipationEvery GirlUnmarriedMarried Women Author:Tennessee Celeste Claflin