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Esther Lewis on Women

1716–1794 England

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Are simple women only fit
To dress, to darn, to flower, or knit,
To mind the distaff, or the spit?
Why are the needle and the pen
Thought incompatible by men?

A Mirror for Detractors (1754)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Esther Lewis (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.