Would man but generously snap our chains and be content with rational fellowship instead of slavish obedience they would find us
more observant daughters more affectionate sisters more faithful wives more reasonable mother's these lines are from an early feminist manifest by what author
Wollstonecraft was a writer and philosopher as well as well as someone who was very outspoken about women's rights. This quote is from "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman", which is considered one of the first feminist philosophical pieces.