2012. C. E. Bowman. Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989

Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.


NUMBER:	2012
AUTHOR:	C. E. Bowman
QUOTATION:	They talk about a woman’s sphere as though it had a limit; There’s not a place in Earth or Heaven, There’s not a task to mankind given, There’s not a blessing or a woe, There’s not a whispered yes or no, There’s not a life, or death, or birth, That has a feather’s weight or worth— Without a woman in it.
ATTRIBUTION:	C. E. BOWMAN, “The Sphere of Woman.”—Joseph M. Chapple, Heart Throbs in Prose and Verse, p. 343 (1905). A similar version: They talk about ‘a woman’s sphere’ As though it has a limit; There’s not a spot on sea or shore, In sanctum, office, shop or store, Without a woman in it. Author unknown.—Jennie Day Haines, Sovereign Woman Versus Mere Man, p. 50 (1905).
SUBJECTS:	Women