The children in this country are the one center and focus of all our thoughts. Every step of our advance is always considered in its effect on them-on the race. You see, we are MOTHERS, she repeated, as if in that she had said it all.
Charlotte Perkins GilmanIts time we woke up,โ pursued Gerald, still inwardly urged to unfamiliar speech. โWomen are pretty much people, seems to me. I know they dress like fools - but whoโs to blame for that? We invent all those idiotic hats of theirs, and design their crazy fashions, and whatโs more, if a woman is courageous enough to wear common-sense clothes - and shoes - which of us wants to dance with her?
Charlotte Perkins GilmanIt is the duty of youth to bring fresh new powers to bear on Social progress. Each generation of young people should be to the world like a vast reserve force to a tired army. They should life the world forward. That is what they are for.
Charlotte Perkins GilmanIf a woman is really injured by her marriage, she should sue under the employer liability act. She should claim damages--not alimony.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman