Peggy Orenstein Quotes
To Bring Home The Point, She Compared New Years Resolutions Of Girls At The End Of The Nineteenth Centyry With Those At The End Of The Twentieth. Heres What A Young Woman Of Yore Wrote:
Resolved: To Think Before Speaking. To Work Seriously. To Be Self-restrained In Conversations And Actions. Not To Let My Thoughts Wander. To Be Dignified. Interest Myself More In Others.
And The Contemporary Girl:
I Will Try To Make Myself Better In Any Way I Possibly Can.... I Will Lose Weight, Get New Lenses, Already Got New Haircut, Good Makeup, New Clothes And Accessories.
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