Irish Women

Famous quotes containing the words irish and/or women:

“The rule for hospitality and Irish “help,” is, to have the same dinner every day throughout the year. At last, Mrs. O’Shaughnessy learns to cook it to a nicety, the host learns to carve it, and the guests are well served.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Can you not see that women could do and would do a hundred times more for the slave, if she were not fettered?”
—Angelina Grimké (1805–1879)