November 1840

WOMEN: A PROMISE

[Author Unknown]

[Published in the Knickerbocker, November 1840 (16:5)]

[Edited and Annotated by Jessica Edwards for the University of Arizona Antebellum Magazine Edition Project, April 9, 2015]

[Editor's Note]

 

The men, I know, have many faults,

            Yet, women have but two1;

There's nothing right they ever say,