If from memorable time, the Men had been so little envious, and so very impartial, as to do justice to our talents, by admitting us to our right of sharing with them in public action; they you'd have been as accustomed to see us filling public offices, as we are to see them disgrace them; (...) A Schulman, with a thesis in her hand, displaying nature in its most innocent useful lights, you'd have been as familiar a sight, as a Physician in his chariot (...): And an Amazon, with a helmet on her head, animating her embattled troops, you'd have been no more a matter of surprise than a milliner behind a counter with a thimble on her finger (...). Not reason then, but error and ignorance cased in custom, makes these superficial creatures think it is an unnatural sight.

Woman Not Inferior to Man: Or