Margaret Anna Fridays

Every Friday, I’m going to share a quote from the founder of my groovy sisters, Margaret Anna Cusack, known in religion as Mother Francis Clare. This week’s installment …

As women became more educated the reaction came: they asked, Why should we submit? The class of men who admire Paine and read Hume were not likely to give a very satisfactory reply. There was -- there is, no merely natural reason why women should submit to men.

Women's Work in Modern Society, 1874