Anna Howard Shaw

On every side, and at every hour of the day, we came up against the relentless limitations of pioneer life.

Around me I saw women overworked and underpaid, doing men's work at half men's wages, not because their work was inferior, but because they were women.

It is better to be true to what you believe, though that be wrong, than to be false to what you believe, even if that belief is correct.

If I ever did cross over I would like to do it tactfully. I don't want to offend anyone in country. Can you have the best of both worlds? I sure like the idea of it!

You have the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England, the Presbyterians, the Wesleyans, represented in each school, and they are each to take alternate days.

I wrote in the 'War of Art' that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.