Or will you stay at home and let papa support you until you grow tired of doing nothing and expecting nothing, and proceed to marry some man whom you endure rather than love, just to get decently out of your dilemma?
— “Aimless Reverie Versus a Resolute Aim,” from How to Win: A Book for Girls (1888)
This proto-second wave manifesto came across my desk at work. Fascinating! I skimmed it heavily, which meant picking up individual pages to read them because the binding had been completely destroyed by whatever mechanical digitization effort made it possible for people to read it on the internet. (Not that this Google Book is this the same copy. Note University of Michigan stamp on the title page.)
