Jane Welsh Carlyle Quotes
Men may be rivals, opponents in their fortunes, and yet be friends in their hearts and fair towards each other's worth; but woman, the instant she is rivaled, becomes unjust.
Topics
Competition
Respect
Unfairness
Gender Equality, Gender Inequality
Gender Roles, Gender Identity
Gender Differences, Gender-Based Differences
Hostility
Jealousy
Men
Rivalry, Rivals & Rivalry
Friendship
Double Standards
Equality of Opportunity
Female Empowerment
Female Rivalry
Gender Bias
Social Dynamics
Citations
Carlyle, Jane Welsh. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle. Edited by James Anthony Froude, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883.
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Jane Welsh Carlyle was a Scottish writer. She did not publish any work in her lifetime, but she was widely seen as an extraordinary letter writer. Virginia Woolf called her one of the "great letter writers," and Elizabeth Hardwick described her work as a "private writing career."