All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order.
Harriet Beecher StoweCome down here once, and use your eyes, and you will know more than we can teach you.
Harriet Beecher StoweSublime is the dominion of the mind over the body, that, for a time, can make flesh and nerve impregnable, and string the sinews like steel, so that the weak become so mighty!
Harriet Beecher Stowe