Jane Grey Swisshelm

Famous quotes containing the words grey swisshelm, jane grey, jane, grey and/or swisshelm:

    Nature must change her plan
    Ere you can be a man.
    —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 want the kind of job that is interesting but doesn’t take very much time.
    Anonymous 14-year-old, U.S. niece of author Jane O’Reilly. As quoted in The Girl I Left Behind, ch. 7, by Jane O’Reilly (1980)

    Women should not weaken their cause by impracticable demands. Make no claim which could not be won in a reasonable time. Take one step at a time, get a good foothold in it and advance carefully.
    —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)