ABSTRACT
Nobody can be further than I am from being satisfied with the condition of my own sex; under the law and custom of my own country … Often as I am appealed to, to speak, or otherwise assist in the promotion of the cause of Woman, my answer is always the same: – that women, like men, can obtain whatever they show themselves fit for. Let them be educated, – let their powers be cultivated to the extent for which the means are already provided, and all that is wanted or ought to be desired will follow of course. Whatever a woman proves able to do, society will be thankful to see her do, – just as if she were a man. If she is scientific, science will welcome her, as it has welcomed every woman so qualified. 1
