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Read & copy the quotation
“The question rests with women themselves—to be decided by their own experience, and by the use of their own faculties.”
- Source
- The Subjection of Women
- Date
- 1869
Meaning of “The question rests with women themselves—to be decided…”
Mill argues that women themselves must test capacities and choices through experience rather than having those possibilities defined in advance by others.
Where does it come from?
The Subjection of Women (1869), Chapter I, printed page 48, Project Gutenberg #27083. Mill argues that questions about women’s capacities and vocations should be decided by women’s own experience and use of their faculties rather than imposed in advance by men.
