On the recordMarch 12, 1905
The woman who is a good wife, a good mother, is entitled to our respect as is no one else; but she is entitled to it only because, and so long as, she is worthy of it.
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presidency.ucsb.eduTeddy Roosevelt: “The woman who is a good wife, a good mother, is entitled to our respect as is no one else; but she is entitled to it…”
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Remarks Before the Mothers' Congress
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