John Stuart Mill, Letter to Alexander Bain, 14 July 1869, in Hugh S. R. Elliot (ed.) Letters of John Stuart Mill, vol. 2 (1910)

The most important thing women have to do is to stir up the zeal of women themselves.

— John Stuart Mill on Women

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John Stuart Mill

About John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873), also known as J. S. Mill, was an English political philosopher and economist who was an advocate of utilitarianism.