Jenda Rolls On

[ornoth]

“The test of a man is how well he is able to feel about what he thinks. The test of a woman is how well she is able to think about what she feels.”

A couple of you responded to my earlier posting here that solicited reactions to the above statement.

You probably knew I was trolling, but that’s okay. Here’s the rest of the story…

Yes, that statement was made by a prominent feminist. It’s probably the most well-known quote from Mary McDowell, an early suffragette, labor activist, abolitionist, and best buddy of Jane Addams. She was a social reformer at Hull House, the WCTU, the AFL, and the Women’s Trade Union League.