Famous quotes by frances d. gage:
“I was born a mechanic, and made a barrel before I was ten years old. The cooper told my father, ‘Fanny made that barrel, and has done it quicker and better than any boy I have had after six months’ training.’ My father looked at it and said, ‘What a pity that you were not born a boy so that you could be good for something. Run into the house, child, and go to knitting.’”
—Frances D. Gage (1808–1884)