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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, August 10, 1924 But my grandmother, who is now ninety, and was married at the age of eighteen, admits that she had one or two affairs before she was married - and chuckles. She’s a peach of a grandmother - and I...   High-res

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, August 10, 1924

But my grandmother, who is now ninety, and was married at the age of eighteen, admits that she had one or two affairs before she was married - and chuckles. She’s a peach of a grandmother - and I think the flapper will be, too.

Oakland Tribune, April 17, 1911 Woman is nearer the savage state; her development is more primitive than man’s, just as the Indian is more primitive than a white man. Woman, being biologically more a barbarian than man, she has a greater proportion...   High-res

Oakland Tribune, April 17, 1911

Woman is nearer the savage state; her development is more primitive than man’s, just as the Indian is more primitive than a white man.

Woman, being biologically more a barbarian than man, she has a greater proportion of physical endurance. She can undergo many strains a man cannot.

Woman has also been developing her muscles, while man has been developing his brains.

The Tacoma Times, Washington, October 2, 1915

WHY DO GIRLS COME TO ME IN THE FIRST PLACE?  WHY DO THEY FEAR TO GO TO THEIR MOTHERS  WITH THESE LITTLE PUZZLES?  WHY DO MOTHERS DENY THEIR DAUGHTERS THE PRIVILEGE OF ASSOCIATING  WITH YOUNG MEN  WITHOUT EXPLAINING TO THEM THE REASON? WHY DON’T THEY TAKE THEIR DAUGHTERS INTO THEIR ARMS AND TO THEIR HEARTS AND EXPLAIN IN A SENSIBLE, INTELLIGENT MANNER THE MYSTERIES OF LIFE, INSTEAD OF ALLOWING THEIR CURIOSITY TO BE APPEASED BY VAGUE ILLUSIONS OR HARMFUL OUTSIDE INFORMATION?