Charlotte Perkins

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    The female of the genus homo is economically dependent on the male. He is her food supply.
    Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935)

    Oh, Jerry, don’t let’s ask for the moon—we have the stars.
    Casey Robinson, screenwriter. Irving Rapper. Charlotte Vale (Bette Davis)

    Architecture might be more sportive and varied if every man built his own house, but it would not be the art and science that we have made it; and while every woman prepares food for her own family, cooking can never rise beyond the level of the amateur’s work.
    —Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935)