Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen
> The loveliness of the day, and of the view, he felt like herself. They often stopt with the same sentiment and taste, leaning against the »
Maud, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
> We are puppets, Man in his pride, and Beauty fair in her flower; Do we move ourselves, or are we moved by an unseen hand »
Carmilla, by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu
> I accompanied Carmilla as usual to her room, and sat and chatted with her while she was preparing for bed. > "Do you think, »
Outside Over There, by Maurice Sendak
> When Papa was away at sea, And Mama in the arbor, Ida played her wonder horn to rock the baby still - but never watched. »
Witches, Midwives, & Nurses: A History of Women Healers, by Barbara Ehrenreich
The establishment of medicine as a profession, requiring university training, made it easy to bar women legally from practice. With few exceptions, the universities were closed »