Eleanor Foster Comegys Quotes
I want men to stop calling me a queen and treating me like an imbecile.
Eleanor Foster Comegys, *, Southern Socialite, Statement, March 1900
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Her plane and she were never found.
Her audiences were all familiar with the Adam & Eve Biblical narration.
The speaking to which she was referring was Christian Religious preaching by women. At the time it was considered by most Christians to be sacrilegious for women to preach. This came down from the orthodox Jewish tradition, and there are several passages in the New Testament where the Apostles, who were Jews themselves were echoing the religious tradition. This then took on a meaning that went beyond tradition as in Judaism. Margaret Fox wrote this essay which was a completely theological defense of a woman’s right – indeed obligation—to preach. Theologically, there are many Christian churches for whom her argument would be too radical—even in modern times. However, in the middle of the 17th century to most male clerics, this was so unfathomable that they did not even deign to refute her theological arguments. Meanwhile, the Quakers began to accept women in theological positions of influence—for ahead of most other Christian and Jewish sects. See {619836} and {619837} for quotations from the essay itself.
She is vehemently opposed to allowing women to serve in the armed forces.
This quotation has become very well-known, The Israel military was the first Industrial democracies to allow women in combat. It is also the only one which drafts women into the military. Such sexism is very typical of a minority of the Israeli population which favors the traditional Orthodox role of females in society, but the vast majority is very liberal and modern regarding women, and the Supreme Court has generally upheld women’s equality except where there are conflicts with Orthodox religious institutions.
