The Bostonians, Henry James (1886)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348977053i/5255820.jpg Of course, I only speak to women—to my own dear sisters; I don’t speak to men, for I don’t expect them to like what I say. They pretend to admire us very much, but I should like them to admire us a little less and to trust us a little more…When I see the …

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Herland, Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1915)

There was no accepted standard of what was ‘manly and what was ‘womanly.’…When Jeff said to Celis, “Women should not carry anything…they are not built for heavy work. Celis looked out across the fields to where some women were working, building a new bit of wall out of large stones; looked back at the nearest …

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