Puritan Women

Famous quotes containing the words puritan and/or women:

“A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)

“Apart from the fact that women posess the equipment for lactation, mothers seem no more predisposed to, or innately skilled at, child care than are fathers, siblings or non parents. Besides, women obviously come in a variety of shapes, sizes, talents and temperaments. Why shouldn’t they vary in degrees of motherhood?”
—Shari Thurer (20th century)