“Many novelists fumed at men they saw as jailers. A host of masculine villains paraded through their plots – neglectful fathers, cruel husbands, and assorted gamblers, alcoholics, philanderers, failures, or murderers – with whom courageous and creative women did combat or from whom they fled.”

“Many novelists fumed at men they saw as jailers. A host of masculine villains paraded through their plots – neglectful fathers, cruel husbands, and assorted gamblers, alcoholics, philanderers, failures, or murderers – with whom courageous and creative women did combat or from whom they fled.”

— Mike Wallace