“ Women cannot be expected to devote themselves to the emancipation of women, until men in considerable number are prepared to join with them in the undertaking. ”
John Stuart Mill, The Subjection of Women (1869). copy citation
| Author | John Stuart Mill |
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| Source | The Subjection of Women |
| Topic | emancipation women |
| Date | 1869 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27083/27083-h/27083-h.htm |
Context
“The case of women is now the only case in which to rebel against established rules is still looked upon with the same eyes as was formerly a subject's claim to the right of rebelling against his king. A woman who joins in any movement which her husband disapproves, makes herself a martyr, without even being able to be an apostle, for the husband can legally put a stop to her apostleship. Women cannot be expected to devote themselves to the emancipation of women, until men in considerable number are prepared to join with them in the undertaking.
1: Especially is this true if we take into consideration Asia as well as Europe. If a Hindoo principality is strongly, vigilantly, and economically governed; if order is preserved without oppression;”
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