Mothers Quotes
You could call him at any time if there was any urgency. He was very direct and gave pragmatic advice for new mothers.
- Jim McDermott
Women do not have to sacrifice personhood if they are mothers. They do not have to sacrifice motherhood in order to be persons. Liberation was meant to expand women's opportunities, not to limit them. The self-esteem that has been found in new pursuits can also be found in mothering.
- Elaine Heffner
Women are told from their infancy, and taught by the example of their mothers, that a little knowledge of human weakness, justly termed cunning, softness of temper, outward obedience and a scrupulous attention to a puerile kind of propriety, will obtain for them the protection of man.
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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