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(LUCY STONE)
’’失望’’’
A Disappointed Woman
’教’’’’’’教方面’’’個方面’失望’婦’’’’’
’’’斯’(1818-1893)生’麻塞諸塞’’’個’’中排’第’’當’’’’絕資’’’’學’’’’學’任教’’足’錢’’’’’國第’’’收’學生’’學’’奧’’學’學習’斯’’’’奴’’’’’’’’’’而’還’’著’’’說’’當’’1855’嫁給改革’’’’布萊’’爾’’’們擬’’’個’式’’’’’’’抗議’’’’’’夫管轄之’’’’’爲’’’’’’示’’立’身’’斯’’’’’當’’’’’氏’’’’個領域中’個引’’目’’措’’’’斯’’盟’期鼓’婦’’’’’’’們當’’’’’氏’
’1869’’’’’斯’’’’’布萊’’爾幫’成立’“’’婦’選’’’’”’創爲’’’’對選’’’’’雜’’’’婦’之’’’’文’’斯’’1855’10月’’亥’’辛辛那提’’’’國婦’’’’’’’’’’講’
’’’’言’’示說’個’動’’’失望婦’’’動’’我’憶中最早’’’’’我’’’’個失望’’’’當我’我’’’’’’’’’’識’源’’’’們’備我說’“那對’不’’’那不屬’’’’”那’’’’’’有’’’學錄’’學生’而那’’學’巴’’我本’’’辦’’那’’’’不’’當我準備’路’’候’’’輕’’亥’’’辦’’’’學’’’國第’’允’婦’’黑’’有’白種’’’樣機’’’學’當我’’’’個’’’’永’’’’職’’’我失望’’’除’教’’裁’’管’之’’’有職’’’’都對我緊鎖著’’教’’’’’’教方面’’’個方面’失望’婦’’’’’我畢生’’’’’’’個婦’心中’’種失望’’’’’們不’’它’’爲止’我’望婦’不’成爲’走路’’’’不’’’們’’親’’’’’最’髦’最華’’’’’’而’’’’’’們’’’’
婦’’’’問’’個實際’問’’’’導’’’’’’爲’’’’個’’間’問’’它’不’’婦’’’有’’馬路’’煙’有’’’’’’’間’’’’’爲它’個’對說’屬’’識’’問’’還有’’’’’爲’它’’個’關’’’身’’問’’關’婦’’’’’身’’’們’’’’’說’太’’’’有’’說’’’’’’都僅僅’’立’’’’’習’’偏見之’’’’’’’’’’’實中’’證’－’個國’’婦’’’做’’情’’’個國’’婦’’不’做’我國’婦’’’’’禱’’等等’’’’’’伊斯蘭教’國’裏’’’’’’’著’“’’’’’及’’動’不’’內’”溫’爾’菲’’說’“’個’’夠’’’最’而’最偉’’’情’’找’’’’’’身’’”我’’天’’當’賦予我們’種辦’’’’’’不’鑄’什麽’錯’那麽’’讓婦’’’找’們’’’’’’身’’’不’’我們’生之’’’’我們說’我們’領域’’’飯’補襪’’’扣’’’
A Disappointed Woman
The last
speaker alluded to this movement as being that of a few disappointed women. From
the first years to which my memory stretches, I have been a disappointed woman.
When, with my brothers, I reached forth after the sources of knowledge, I was
reproved with "It isn't fit for you: it doesn't belong to women." Then there was
but one college in the world where women were admitted, and that was in Brazil.
I would have found my way there, but by the time I was prepared to go, one was
opened in the young State of Ohio--the first in the United States where women
and Negroes could enjoy opportunities with white men. I was disappointed when I
came to seek a profession worthy an immortal being--every employment was closed
to me, except those of the teacher, the seamstress, and the housekeeper. In
education, in marriage, in religion, in everything, disappointment is the lot of
woman. It shall be the business of my life to deepen this disappointment in
every woman's heart until she bows down to it no longer. I wish that women,
instead of being walking show-cases, instead of begging of their fathers and
brothers the latest and gayest new bonnet, would ask of them their rights.
The question of Woman's Rights is a practical one. The notion has prevailed
that it was only an ephemeral idea; that it was but women claiming the right to
smoke cigars in the streets, and to frequent bar-rooms. Others have supposed it
a question of comparative intellect; others still, of sphere. Too much has
already been said and written about woman's sphere. Trace all the doctrines to
their source and they will be found to have no basis except in the usages and
prejudices of the age. This is seen in the fact that what is tolerated in woman
in one country is not tolerated in another. In this country women may hold
prayer-meetings, etc., but in Mohammedan countries it is written upon their
mosques, "Women and dogs, and other impure animals, are not permitted to enter."
Wendell Phillips says, "The best and greatest thing one is capable of doing,
that is his sphere." I have confidence in the Father to believe that when He
gives us the capacity to do anything He does not make a blunder. Leave women,
then, to find their sphere. And do not tell us before we are born even, that our
province is to cook dinners, darn stockings, and sew on buttons. . . .
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