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A Woman Replies On Wives Duty And Equality
A series of letters to the Sewing Circle debate wives duties and equality with husbands. The writers defend independence and question male superiority while criticizing subservience and the idea of women serving as household servants or “valets.” The exchange includes calls for equal partnership and hints at legal name-change as a remedy for dissatisfaction.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
Cme
New England
Boston Post
Wellesley
Micon Laren
Riker-Jaynes
Tony
Sisters of the Circle
M. E. M. Brookline
Panos
Fenway