Health is a means to an end. It is an investment for the future. That end is worthy work and noble living. And life has little to offer the young gir… - Mary Livermore

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Health is a means to an end. It is an investment for the future. That end is worthy work and noble living. And life has little to offer the young girl who has dropped into physical deterioration, which cuts her off from the activities of the time, and makes existence to her synonymous with endurance.

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About Mary Livermore

Mary Livermore (born Mary Ashton Rice; December 19, 1820 – May 23, 1905) was an American journalist, abolitionist, and advocate of women's rights.

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Birth Name: Mary Ashton Rice
Alternative Names: Mary A. Livermore Mary Ashton Rice Livermore Mary Ashton Livermore
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The old-time theory that “all men support all women” led to the enactment of laws which gave all the earnings of the married woman to her husband; in most instances gave him control of her property, always legal possession of her person, and legal ownership of her minor children; the righto decide the location of their joint domicile; the power, in short, the become the arbiter of her fate;

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