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The storm and stress period of women and the new social and psychological formations thereby entailed must indeed extend far into the twentieth century. This period of conflict will cease only when woman within and out of marriage shall have received legal equality with man.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Cease Century Conflict Equality Extend Far Indeed Legal Man Marriage Must New Only Out Period Psychological Received Shall Social Storm Stress Thereby Twentieth Twentieth Century Will Within Woman Women

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When it comes to the application to life of existing laws and morals, woman, because of her willing receptiveness, her elasticity and adaptability combined with her power of tenacious retention, has exerted an influence, the value of which is too vast to be measured.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Adaptability Application Because Combined Elasticity Exerted Existing Her Influence Laws Life Measured Morals Power Retention Tenacious Too Value Vast Which Willing Woman

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It is in the province of home and society that woman has fashioned the customs. Here, women's approval and disapproval, wishes and wants, have been quite as formative and reformative as the action of the sea on the mainland.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Action Approval Been Customs Disapproval Formative Here Home Province Quite Sea Society Wants Wishes Woman Women

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Morality in its noblest forms remains inexplicable unless one takes into account that power of growth in the human soul which has led generation after generation from lower religious and ethical standards to higher ones which often clash with worldly advantages.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Account Advantages After Clash Ethical Forms Generation Growth Higher Human Human Soul Inexplicable Led Lower Morality Noblest Often Power Religious Remains Soul Standards Takes Unless Which Worldly

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Tenderness has created the first 'social order' - that of the mother with her offspring. Through motherliness, woman later makes her great contributions to civilization.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Civilization Contributions Created First Great Her Later Makes Mother Offspring Order Social Social Order Tenderness Through Woman

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Countless are the women parasites who, to satisfy their craving for pleasure and luxury, impoverish father or husband. These lame limbs in the social organism, which themselves accomplish nothing, but for whom all other limbs work, are the most flagrant example of womanly immorality in the present.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Accomplish Countless Craving Example Father Husband Immorality Lame Limbs Luxury Most Nothing Organism Other Parasites Pleasure Present Satisfy Social Themselves Which Who Whom Womanly Women Work

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When, in any ethical department, unity is attained between outer demands and inner desires, between nature and conscience, between the needs of society and the individual, the moral formula is void because inner necessity then makes it psychically and physically impossible to break the outer law. Thus, true morality is attained.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Any Attained Because Between Break Conscience Demands Department Desires Ethical Formula Impossible Individual Inner Law Makes Moral Morality Nature Necessity Needs Outer Physically Society Then Thus True Unity Void

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On the whole, the experience that the activity of the soul obeys the law of least resistance has been verified even in regard to women's social morals. As a rule, these have been focused on the family and on charity - among other reasons, because woman's sense of duty seldom finds means of expression in other directions.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Activity Among Because Been Charity Directions Duty Even Experience Expression Family Finds Focused Law Least Means Morals Other Reasons Regard Resistance Rule Seldom Sense Social Soul Verified Whole Woman Women

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Ambition has developed into a passion which drives women, as well as men, to great works - and small deeds. Formerly competitors in the race for men, they are now competing in the race for social tasks and distinctions.

~Ellen Key

Topics: Ambition Competing Competitors Deeds Developed Distinctions Drives Great Men Now Passion Race Small Social Tasks Well Which Women Works

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Biography

Nationality: Swedish

Type: Writer

Born: December 11th, 1849

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