“Southern women like their men religious and a little mad.”

“Men were always quick to believe in the madness of women.”

“It was this feminine conspiracy which made Southern society so pleasant. Women knew that a land where men were contented, uncontradicted ans safe in possession of unpunctured vanity was likely to be a very pleasant place for women to live. So, from the cradle to the grave, women strove to make men pleased with themselves, and the satisfied men repaid lavishly with gallantry and adoration. In fact, men willingly gave ladies everything in the world except credit for having intelligence.”

“If Southern white men are not careful, they will overreach themselves and public sentiment will have a reaction; a conclusion will then be reached which will be very damaging to the moral reputation of their women.”

“Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.”

“I suddenly realized that all these women were spending months of loneliness and womanliness together, chatting about the madness of the men.”