Famous quotes containing the words spencer, early, political and/or career:
“No record ... can ... name the women of talent who were so submerged by child- bearing and its duties, and by general housework, that they had to leave their poems and stories all unwritten.”
—Anna Garlin Spencer (18511931)
“No doubt they rose up early to observe
The rite of May.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“A political place with no power, only influence, is not to my taste.”
—Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (18421911)
“I seemed intent on making it as difficult for myself as possible to pursue my male career goal. I not only procrastinated endlessly, submitting my medical school application at the very last minute, but continued to crave a conventional female role even as I moved ahead with my male pursuits.”
—Margaret S. Mahler (18971985)