M. Carey Thomas
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One man's mind differs from another man's mind far more widely than all women's minds differ from all men's.
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Given two bridge-builders, a man and a woman, given a certain bridge to be
built, and given as always the unchangeable laws of mechanics...it is simply
inconceivable that the preliminary instruction given to the two bridge-builders
should differ in quantity, quality, or method of presentation because while the
bridge is building one will wear knickerbockers and the other a rainy-day skirt.
(1899)
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The life of the intellect and spirit has been lived only by men. The world of
scholarship and research has been a man's world.
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The man's world must become a man's and a woman's world. Why are we afraid? It is the next step forward on the path to the sunrise, and the sun is rising over a new heaven and a new earth. (1908 Address to the North American Woman Suffrage Association, Buffalo)
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