Mary Field Belenky

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    “Because mothers and daughters can affirm and enjoy their commonalities more readily, they are more likely to see how they might advance their individual interests in tandem, without one having to be sacrificed for the other.”
    —Mary Field Belenky (20th century)

    “I met with virgins seven,
    And one of them was Mary mild,
    Our Lord’s mother from heaven.”
    —Unknown. The Seven Virgins (l. 2–4)

    “The poet will write for his peers alone. He will remember only that he saw truth and beauty from his position, and expect the time when a vision as broad shall overlook the same field as freely.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Ultimately, it is the receiving of the child and hearing what he or she has to say that develops the child’s mind and personhood.... Parents who enter into a dialogue with their children, who draw out and respect their opinions, are more likely to have children whose intellectual and ethical development proceeds rapidly and surely.”
    —Mary Field Belenky (20th century)