Elizabeth Gould Davis

Elizabeth Gould Davis (1910–1974) was an American librarian who wrote a feminist book called The First Sex.

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    Men insist that they don’t mind women succeeding so long as they retain their ‘femininity’. Yet the qualities that men consider ‘feminine’Mtimidity, submissiveness, obedience, silliness, and self-debasement—are the very qualities best guaranteed to assure the defeat of even the most gifted aspirant.
    Elizabeth Gould Davis (b. 1910)