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Every profession is open to the women of your generation.
ElizabethMrs Dalloway · Section 9
3:30 PM — London
Section 9 of 12 · A Wednesday in June
Elizabeth Dalloway escapes Miss Kilman onto an omnibus and imagines becoming a doctor, a farmer — professions now open to women. A new generation emerges.
Why This Matters
A quietly revolutionary line — Elizabeth’s generation can imagine futures Clarissa’s could not.
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Love Locked Out
Anna Lea Merritt, 1889 · Public Domain