19th-Century Women Shatter The Demure Stereotype In This Recovered Newspaper Article

Harmonious Marriage

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“No slave to him should [his wife] be…but a true wife sharing his pleasures, taking pride in his advancement, soothing him in sorrow and giving him…warmth,” she wrote. “When disputes arise [the wife] should, if convinced of right, maintain her point, for when the argument has passed the husband will respect her all the more.” Dot went to the paper’s offices to collect her prize for winning — and stunned the judges.