An idea from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

An unmarried daughter left with no money lives on her brother’s goodwill. When he marries, she becomes a burden in his house and is pushed out. Trained for nothing, she can neither work nor beg.

From A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

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