Thursday, June 9, 2016

Thomas Jefferson -- "All men are created equal" -- on ladies



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We all know how good Jefferson was on freedom of speech, but he was possibly the worst sexist in the very competitive group known as the Founding Fathers. (“Our good ladies, I trust, have been too wise to wrinkle their foreheads with politics. They are contented to soothe and calm the minds of their husbands returning ruffled from political debate.”)
--From Gail Collins, "What Hillary Imagines," New York Times

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