Those who sit at the feast will continue to enjoy themselves even though the veil that separates them from the world of toiling reality below has been lifted by mass revolts and critics.
About Mary Ritter Beard
Mary Ritter Beardwas an American historian, author, women’s suffrage activist, and women’s history archivist who was also a lifelong advocate of social justice. As a Progressive Era reformer, Beard was active in both the labor and women’s rights movements.
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The dogma of woman’s complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by the human mind.
American historian and women's suffrage activist
Those who sit at the feast will continue to enjoy themselves even though the veil that separates them from the world of toiling reality below has been lifted by mass revolts and critics.
American historian and women's suffrage activist
It is grievous to read the papers in most respects, I agree. More and more I skim the headlines only, for one can be sure what is carried beneath them quite automatically, if one has long been a reader of the press journalism.
American historian and women's suffrage activist
Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and an expression of energy associated with it.
American historian and women's suffrage activist