Jeanne DArcI was admonished to adopt feminine clothes; I refused, and still refuse. As for other avocations of women, there are plenty of other women to perform them.
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I was admonished to adopt feminine clothes; I refused, and still refuse. As for other avocations of women, there are plenty of other women to perform them. This is a quote from a letter written by John Adams to his wife, Abigail. In it, he tells her that she needs to be a woman and that she needs to consider herself as such. He goes on to say that they should think of others and not themselves, and that we should not be selfish with our lives.
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