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The Odd Women

CHAPTER XIII
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I am _glad_ that I can show girls the way to a career which my opponents call unwomanly.
'Now see why.

Womanly and womanish are two very different words; but the latter, as the world uses it, has become practically synonymous with the former.

A womanly occupation means, practically, an occupation that a man disdains.

And here is the root of the matter.

I repeat that I am not first of all anxious to keep you supplied with daily bread.


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