The question is, how can this mental and moral lethargy, which now binds the generality of women, be shaken off? They are educated to a state of enti… - Matilda Joslyn Gage

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The question is, how can this mental and moral lethargy, which now binds the generality of women, be shaken off? They are educated to a state of entire dependence; taught before marriage, to expect a support from their fathers, and after, from their husbands; to suppress their convictions, if contrary to those of their fathers, brothers and husbands, and to allow others to act for them. This state of listlessness follows as a natural consequence.