So when the great word “mother!” rang once more, I saw at last its meaning and its place — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Human life consists in mutual service. No grief, pain, misfortune, or “broken heart,” — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Habits of thought persist through the centuries; and while a healthy brain may reject — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
But reason has no power against feeling, and feeling older than history is no light matter. — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The original necessity for the ceaseless presence of the woman to maintain the altar fire — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver. — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
“a house does not need a wife any more than it needs a husband.” (on the term “housewife”) — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society — Charlotte Perkins Gilman