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Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Quotes

Well-behaved women seldom make history.

Well-behaved women seldom make history.

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Funny, Strength, Inspiring
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (2015). “The Slogan”, Vintage

A pioneer is not someone who makes her own soap. She is one who takes up her burdens and walks toward the future.

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Pioneers, Soap, Burden

A well-behaved woman seldom makes history

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Birth, Wells

History is a conversation and sometimes a shouting match between present and past, though often the voices we most want to hear are barely audible.

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Past, Voice, Listening
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (2008). “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History”, p.33, Vintage

Some history-making is intentional; much of it is accidental.

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
History, History Making
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (2015). “The Slogan”, p.24, Vintage

So what do people see when they read that well-behaved women rarely make history? Do they imagine good-time girls in stiletto heels or do-good girls carrying clipboards and passing petitions? Do they envision an out-of-control hobbyist or a single mother taking down a drunk in a bar? I suspect that it depends on where they stand themselves.

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Girl, Mother, People
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (2008). “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History”, p.19, Vintage

An androgynous mind was not a male mind. It was a mind attuned to the full range of human experience, including the invisible lives of women.

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Mind, Males, Invisible
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (2008). “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History”, p.36, Vintage

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