All of my gentlemen callers were sons of planters and of course I assumed that I would be married to one and raise my family on a large piece of land with plenty of servants. But man proposes - and woman accepts the proposal! - To vary that old, old saying a little bit - I married no planter! I married a man who worked for the telephone company!
LifeSocietyChoiceClassExpectationsIndependenceMarriageSocial class
This perspective may overlook the genuine financial challenges that come with marrying outside one's class.
Yes, movies! Look at them - All of those glamorous people - having adventures - hogging it all, gobbling the whole thing up! You know what happens? People go t…
Shakespeare probably wrote a poem on that light bill, Mrs. Wingfield.
All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect them to be.
For reasons which many persons thought ridiculous, Mrs. Lightfoot Lee decided to pass the winter in Washington.
Do what you want to do, And go where you're going to. Think for yourself 'Cause I won't be there with you.
For my own part, I had rather suffer any inconvenience from having to work occasionally in chambers and kitchen ... than witness the subservience in which the …