In the humbler work his intelligence may make him a leader; in the other career he might do as much harm as a bowlder rolled from its place upon a railroad track, a menace to the next express.
Only a few years ago marriage was the only "sphere" open to girls, and the single woman had to face the disapproval of her friends.

Lessing said: "The woman who thinks is like a man who puts on rouge, ridiculous." Not many years have elapsed since the ambitious woman who ventured to study or write would keep a bit of embroidery at hand to throw over her book or manuscript when callers entered.

Dr.Gregory said to his daughters: "If you happen to have any learning, keep it a profound secret from the men, who generally look with a jealous and malignant eye on a woman of great parts and a cultivated understanding." Women who wrote books in those days would deny the charge as though a public disgrace.
All this has changed, and what a change it is! As Frances Willard said, the greatest discovery of the century is the discovery of woman.
We have emancipated her, and are opening countless opportunities for our girls outside of marriage.

Formerly only a boy could choose a career; now his sister can do the same.

This freedom is one of the greatest glories of the twentieth century.