"La sainteté des femmes est inconciliable avec les devoirs et les libertés du monde. Emanciper les femmes, c'est les corrompre."
— Honoré de Balzac

January 1, 1970

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The sanctity of womanhood is incompatible with social liberty and social claims; and for a woman emancipation means corruption. — Ch. III: At Thirty Years