If the preservation of the home means the enslavement of women, economically or morally, then we had better break it.
More Quotes from Agnes Macphail:
Never apologize. Never explain. Just get the thing done, and let them howl.Agnes Macphail
I do not want to be the angel of any home: I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality. After that is secured, then men and women can take turns being angels.
Agnes Macphail
I believe the preservation of the home in the future lies almost entirely in the hands of men.
Agnes Macphail
When I first came to the House of Commons and walked out into the lobby, men sprang to their feet. I asked them to sit down since I'd come to walk around. I didn't want them doing me favours.
Agnes Macphail
I owed it to my father that I was elected to Parliament in the first place, but I owed it to my mother that I stuck it out once I got there.
Agnes Macphail
If they are willing to give women economic freedom in that home, if they are willing to live by the standard they wish women to live by, then homes will be preserves.
Agnes Macphail
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