“I know so well what becomes of unmarried women who aren't prepared to occupy a position. I've seen such pitiful cases in the South barely tolerated spinsters living upon the grudging patronage of sister's husband or brother's wife! stuck away in some little mouse-trap of a room encouraged by one in-law to visit another little birdlike women without any nest eating the crust of humility all their life! Is that the future that we've mapped out for ourselves?” KnowsWellsLittlesLawLife IsRoomsCasesWifePositionHumilityBrotherHusbandEatingPreparedSouthStuckTrapsMiceNestsIn-lawsPitifulUnmarriedMarried WomenPatronageSpinstersMouse Traps Book:The Glass Menagerie Source: The Glass Menagerie
“I was seventeen years old, a married woman without real responsibilities, miserable about my mixed-up emotions, afraid there was something awfully wrong with me because I didn't enjoy being a wife. Worst of all, I didn't have enough to do.” YearsRealEnoughEnjoyEmotionResponsibilityWifeWorstMarriedMiserableSeventeenMarried WomenSeventeen Years Old Author:Mary Martin
“A married woman is a slave you must know how to seat upon a throne.” KnowsKnow HowWifeMarriedSlaveSeatsSarcasmSarcasticThronesMarried Women Author:Honore de Balzac
“[The married woman is] is a bonded slave, who takes her master's name, her master's bread, and serves her master's passion; [and] who passes through the ordeal of pregnancy and the throes of travail at his dictation.” PassionNamesWifeMastersMarriedSlaveBreadPregnancyOrdealsMarried WomenDictation Author:Voltairine de Cleyre
“When you sympathize with a married woman you either make two enemies or gain one wife and one friend.” MenTwoWomenEnemyWifeMarriedGainsSympathyMarried WomenOne Friend Book:Mencken Chrestomathy Source: Mencken Chrestomathy