“If our society were seriously concerned about children's reading habits, it would try not to continue fostering the existence of ignorant mothers. Women are firmly discouraged, by all means, from cultivating themselves in depth (...) A girl enthusiastic about a novel will be told not to 'spend so much time sitting doing nothing', but to help with domestic chores.”
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