Elsie Quotes

“Long ago she had discovered that reading was for her almost as necessary to life as breathing.”
― Barbara Anne Waite, Elsie: Adventures of an Arizona Schoolteacher 1913-1916

“It is odd the way men think they can’t be just friends and have to have everything or nothing.”
― Barbara Anne Waite, Elsie: Adventures of an Arizona Schoolteacher 1913-1916

“especially Oenone and Lady of Shallot.”
― Barbara Anne Waite, Elsie: Adventures of an Arizona Schoolteacher 1913-1916

“We had only two meals yesterday, got our own dinner, which was milk-toast,”
― Barbara Anne Waite, Elsie: Adventures of an Arizona Schoolteacher 1913-1916

“her education had created a barrier and obstacle that he must overcome.”
― Barbara Anne Waite, Elsie: Adventures of an Arizona Schoolteacher 1913-1916

“but he was just as sure that he could not confine her to the isolation of Oak Creek.”
― Barbara Anne Waite, Elsie: Adventures of an Arizona Schoolteacher 1913-1916

“She explained that they had understood that the teachers would not attend these local dances mainly because liquor was always present.”
― Barbara Anne Waite, Elsie: Adventures of an Arizona Schoolteacher 1913-1916

“At four went to the beautiful Bog—saw wild violets, columbines, Indian paintbrushes, Mariposa lilies, ferns.”
― Barbara Anne Waite, Elsie: Adventures of an Arizona Schoolteacher 1913-1916

“Teachers are not to dress in bright colors.”
― Barbara Anne Waite, Elsie: Adventures of an Arizona Schoolteacher 1913-1916

“Elsie learned of the strict rules for Arizona’s teachers: Teachers are not to keep company with men. Women may not dye their hair. Two petticoats must be worn. Teachers may not loiter downtown in ice cream stores. Dresses must be no more than two inches above the ankle.”
― Barbara Anne Waite, Elsie: Adventures of an Arizona Schoolteacher 1913-1916