Unbecoming a Lady Quotes

“[A woman] takes up just the right amount of space. Small is best. You need to prove yourself worthy of the molecules you displace, madam.”
― Therese Oneill, Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America

“We all love a woman who'll go all out for the right cause. We start loving her, oh, about a century after her death. When she's alive, a woman who thumbs her nose at the society the rest of us are trying to uphold can be really irritating.”
― Therese Oneill, Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America

“There's a special sort of anger humans have toward people who won't blend in, especially if they think it's by choice.”
― Therese Oneill, Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Sluts and Shrews Who Shaped America