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Women's Work

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And though she’s not really ill
There’s a little yellow pill
She goes running for the shelter
Of a mother’s little helper
And it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day.

Anonymous

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I was, being human, born alone;
I am, being woman, hard beset;
I live by squeezing from a stone
The little nourishment I get.

Elinor Wylie

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I myself have never been able to find out precisely what Feminism is: I only know that people call me a Feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

Rebecca West

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We want bread and roses too.

Anonymous

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Man may work from sun to sun,
But woman’s work is never done.

Anonymous

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By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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