Some lady named Mrs. E. Oakes Smith gave a lecture entitled "Manhood" on Nov 1, 1851. In it she rambles onto numerous tangents littered with references to Milton and Cromwell, but leaves her readers with some essential wisdom at the end:
"Hitherto women have knocked too softly at the door of reform to be heard, like the boy who was sent to call a physician and was afraid he should awake him...
Still, if one woman should feel irresistibly drawn to the plow or the anvil, man should accept her considerately, as woman accepts the man who sells ribbons, bonnets and laces."
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