Mary Corinna Putnam

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    ... my whole existence is governed by abstract ideas.... the ideal must be preserved regardless of fact.
    —Mary Corinna Putnam (1842–1906)

    Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.
    Bible: New Testament, Luke 10:41,42.

    Jesus to Martha.

    ... my whole existence is governed by abstract ideas.... the ideal must be preserved regardless of fact.
    —Mary Corinna Putnam (1842–1906)

    To-day women constitute the only class of sane people excluded from the franchise ...
    —Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842–1906)