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Quotation from The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill
“But it is quite certain that a woman can be a Queen Elizabeth, or a Deborah, or a Joan of Arc, since this is not inference, but fact.”
The Subjection of Women, Chapter III (Project Gutenberg text (1869 first edition))
Historical examples offered as evidence that women can govern and lead.
Citation: "But it is quite certain that a woman can be a Queen Elizabeth, or a Deborah, or a Joan of Arc, since this is not inference, but fact." — John Stuart Mill, The Subjection of Women, Chapter III (Project Gutenberg text (1869 first edition)). (id the-subjection-of-women-q6)
Portrait: John Stuart Mill by London Stereoscopic Company, c1870, London Stereoscopic Company, Public domain.
