![]() Like the whalebone corset which keeps her from taking a deep breath, sixteen-year-old Louisa Cosgrove has always struggled under the Victorian limits set for women. ![]() And I tell you something-I want to be a doctor and it doesn't matter what my brother or any of you say, somehow, I don't know how, I will do it." "That's no way to speak to your elders and betters." "Hoity toity, Miss!" said Uncle Bertram, red in the face. They're not a disgrace to their sex but a fine example." Leaping to my feet, I shouted, "How can you say such stupid things!. "These women-they hardly deserve the name! They're a disgrace to their sex! Aping men!" ![]() ![]() "A girl who is educated beyond what is necessary for her role as wife and mother cannot possibly reach the perfect ideal of womanhood." ".Letting women register for medical training! Pshaw! Whatever next?"Ĭharles picked up his glass of wine and appeared to consider it carefully. ![]()
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