Women, more than men, are bound by tradition and authority.

What the father, the brother, the doctor, and the minister have said has been received undoubtingly.

Until women throw off this reverence for authority they will not develop.

When they do this, when they come to truth through their investigations, when doubt leads them to discovery, the truth which they get will be theirs, and their minds will work on and on unfettered.
[1874.] "I am but a woman! "For women there are, undoubtedly, great difficulties in the path, but so much the more to overcome.

First, no woman should say, 'I am but a woman!' But a woman! What more can you ask to be?
"Born a woman--born with the average brain of humanity--born with more than the average heart--if you are mortal, what higher destiny could you have?
No matter where you are nor what you are, you are a power--your influence is incalculable; personal influence is always underrated by the person.