It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions by artificial means. Thus we suppress the child’s curiosity and then...

If it’s painful for you to criticize your friends, you’re safe in doing it; if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that’s the time to hold your tongue.

There, little girl, don’t read,You’re fond of your books, I know,But Brother might mopeIf he had no hopeOf getting ahead of you.It’s dull for a boy who cannot lead.There, little girl, don’t read.

People love to talk but hate to listen. Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told...

We are not really senseless, and we are not angels, too,But very human beings, human just as much as you.It’s hard upon occasions to be forceful and sublimeWhen you’re treated as incompetents three-quarters of the...

Mother, what is a Feminist?””A feminist, my daughter,Is any woman now who caresTo think about her own affairsAs men don’t think she oughter.

When men in Congress come to blows at somemthing someone said,I always notice that it shows their blood is quick and red;But if two women disagree, with very little noise,It proves, and this seems strange...

Is it true that the English government is calling on women to do work abandoned by men?Yes, it is true.Is not a woman’s place the home?No, not when men need her services outside the home.Will...