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Background

An English medical text of the time reads, "Breaking a maiden's seal is one of the

best antidotes for one's ills.”

― Patrick J. arnes, !exual Anorexia #$ercoming !exual !elf%&atred

o$erture as hat Abigail Adams as talking about in her famous ()emember the

*adies” letter to John.

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&ome

"As a child, 3 scribbled4 and m- fa$ourite +astime, during the hours gi$en me for

recreation, as to 'rite stories.'" 5!hell-6

After school she as ex+ected to marr- ell and li$e the life of a lad-. 5Anderson6

3n Pride 7 Pre8udice the snobbish aroline Bingle- lists the skills re9uired b- an-

-oung lad- ho considers herself accom+lished

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#ne doctor, @illiam Acton, famousl- declared that he ma8orit- of omen 5ha++il-

for them6 are not $er- much troubled ith sexual feeling of an- kindC % !ee more at

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Before the =00/ Darried @omen's Pro+ert- Act as +assed this +ro+ert- ould ha$e

automaticall- ha$e become the +ro+ert- of the husband.

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Education

&er ste+mother decided that her ste+sister Jane 5later laire6 should be sent aa-to school, but she sa no need to educate !helle-.

  htt+.biogra+h-.com+eo+lemar-%shelle-%20=2F>related%$ideo%galler-&oe$er meetings ith the feminist Emil- Ga$ies and EliHabeth Blackell, the IrstAmerican oman +h-sician, con$inced EliHabeth arrett that she should become a

doctor 5Anderson6

As the !ociet- of A+othecaries did not s+eciIcall- forbid omen from taking their

examinations, in =0?K she +assed their exams and gained a certiIcate hichenabled her to become a doctor.5Anderson6

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htt+.bbc.co.ukhistor-historicLIguresgarrettLandersonLeliHabeth.shtml

 A oman must ha$e a thorough knoledge of music, singing, draing, dancing,

and the modern languagesM.4 and besides all this, she must +ossess a certain

something in her air and manner of alking, the tone of her $oice, her address andex+ressionsM5ch. 0 % !ee more at htt+.bl.ukromantics%and%

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