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 I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over 
my initial astonishment. As for read more 
 I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over 
my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that's 
a job where I don't think sex plays much part. 
 Not she with trait'rous kiss her Saviour stung,
 Not she denied Him with unholy tongue;
  She, while read more 
 Not she with trait'rous kiss her Saviour stung,
 Not she denied Him with unholy tongue;
  She, while apostles shrank, could danger brave,
   Last at His cross, and earliest at His grave. 
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to read more
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.
Women are nothing but machines for producing children.
Women are nothing but machines for producing children.
 On one she smiles, and he was blest;
 She smiles elsewhere--we make a din!
  But 'twas not read more 
 On one she smiles, and he was blest;
 She smiles elsewhere--we make a din!
  But 'twas not love which heaved her breast,
   Fair child!--it was the bliss within. 
Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses
Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses
 But woman's grief is like a summer storm,
 Short as it violent is.  
 But woman's grief is like a summer storm,
 Short as it violent is. 
For my part I distrust all generalizations about women, favorable and unfavorable, masculine and feminine, ancient and modern; all alike, read more
For my part I distrust all generalizations about women, favorable and unfavorable, masculine and feminine, ancient and modern; all alike, I should say, result from paucity of experience.
 You forget too much
 That every creature, female as the male,
  Stands single in responsible act and read more 
 You forget too much
 That every creature, female as the male,
  Stands single in responsible act and thought
   As also in birth and death.