“A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated — and turned out to grass.”
Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973) American writer
Of Men and Women (1941), Ch. 4
“You educate a man; you educate a Man. You educate a woman; you educate a Generation. ”
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