“Popular Prejudice, having decided that woman is a poor, weak creature, credulous, easily influenced, holds that she is of necessity timid; that if she were allowed asmuch as a voice in the government of her native country, she would stand appalled ifwar were even hinted at. If it be proved by hard facts that woman is not a poor, weakcreature, then she must be reprimanded as being masculine. To brand a woman as beingmasculine, is supposed to be quite sufficient to drive her cowering back to her embroidery-frame and her lute.””
Quotes by Ellen C. Clayton
Ellen C. Clayton
Ellen Creathorne Clayton, Mrs Needham, born Eleanor Creathorne Clayton, was an author and artist. She wrote and illustrated novels, stories, and collections of historical biographies for young readers...