Jane Grey Swisshelm

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    ... it is probable that in a fit of generosity the men of the United States would have enfranchised its women en masse; and the government now staggering under the ballots of ignorant, irresponsible men, must have gone down under the additional burden of the votes which would have been thrown upon it, by millions of ignorant, irresponsible women.
    —Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)

    It is an old adage, “All is fair in love as in war,” but I thought not of general laws, and only felt a private grievance.
    Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)

    I cannot tell what I am as much afraid of, as a woman who invariably washes on Monday. It is a kind of key to character; and if her mouth is not puckered and her brow wrinkled, they will be, unless she repents.
    —Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)

    When a woman starts out in the world on a mission, secular or religious, she should leave her feminine charms at home.
    —Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)