Hall, Eliza Calvert. Aunt Jane of Kentucky. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1907. Sally Ann's Experience p. 27.
• Hall, Eliza Calvert, and Melody Graulich. Aunt Jane of Kentucky. Masterworks of literature series. Albany, NY: NCUP, 1992. In the reprinted edition, Graulich discusses the quote on page xxxi. The quote appears in the text on page 12 of this edition.
• Hall, Eliza Calvert, and Melody Graulich. Aunt Jane of Kentucky. Masterworks of literature series. Albany, NY: NCUP, 1992. In the reprinted edition, Graulich discusses the quote on page xxxi. The quote appears in the text on page 12 of this edition.
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I've noticed that whenever a woman's willin' to be imposed upon there's always a man standin' 'round ready to do the imposin'.
— Eliza Calvert Hall
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• Hall, Eliza Calvert, and Melody Graulich. Aunt Jane of Kentucky. Masterworks of literature series. Albany, NY: NCUP, 1992. In the reprinted edition, Graulich discusses the quote on page xxxi. The quote appears in the text on page 12 of this edition." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Eliza Calvert Hall
Eliza Caroline "Lida" Obenchain (née Calvert) (February 11, 1856 – December 20, 1935) was an American author, women's rights advocate and suffragist from Bowling Green in western Kentucky in the United States. Lida Obenchain, writing with the pen name Eliza Calvert Hall, advocated for the ability of woman to marry and divorce, for a married woman to own property and write a will separate from her husband in her fictional work and her opinion pieces. Her best known work is Aunt Jane of Kentucky which received extra notability when United States President Teddy Roosevelt recommended the book to the American people during a speech.
About Eliza Calvert Hall
Eliza Caroline "Lida" Obenchain (née Calvert) (February 11, 1856 – December 20, 1935) was an American author, women's rights advocate and suffragist from Bowling Green in western Kentucky in the United States. Lida Obenchain, writing with the pen name Eliza Calvert Hall, advocated for the ability of woman to marry and divorce, for a married woman to own property and write a will separate from her husband in her fictional work and her opinion pieces. Her best known work is Aunt Jane of Kentucky which received extra notability when United States President Teddy Roosevelt recommended the book to the American people during a speech.
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