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Women have seldom sufficient employment to silence their feelings a round of little cares, or vain pursuits frittering a
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"Women have seldom sufficient employment to silence their feelings; a round of little cares, or vain pursuits frittering away all strength of mind and organs, they become naturally only objects of sense"

- Mary Wollstonecraft

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This quote by Mary Wollstonecraft speaks to the absence of significant work available to women in her time. She suggests that women are often relegated to ordinary tasks and "vain pursuits" that do not challenge them mentally or physically. This absence of significant work leaves ladies with little to inhabit their minds and bodies, leaving them to end up being "things of sense" instead of active participants in society. Wollstonecraft's words are a pointer of the value of offering females with significant work that permits them to utilize their minds and bodies to their maximum potential. She argues that without such opportunities, ladies are unable to reach their complete capacity and are rather minimized to being mere objects of satisfaction. Her words are an effective tip of the importance of supplying ladies with significant employment and the need to challenge the status quo.

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Mary Wollstonecraft This quote is written / told by Mary Wollstonecraft between April 27, 1759 and September 10, 1797. She was a famous Writer from United Kingdom. The author also have 29 other quotes.

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