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But the suit I wear is my work attire, and nothing else.
I preferred to preserve my name.
I was forced to recognize that the clothing of my sex was a constant bother. That is why I decided to solicit the authorization to wear men's clothing from the prefect of police.
The epithets of imbeciles have never bothered me.
To his doctrines I owe my great and glorious ambition for the sex to which I proudly belong and whose independence I shall defend until my dying day.... (more Rosa Bonheur quotes)
| Rosa Bonheur: A Life and a Legend by Dore Ashton | |
| Rosa Bonheur (Portraits of Women Artists for Children) by Robyn Montana Turner | |
| Boyhood Stories Of Famous Men: Titian, Chopin, Andre Del Sarto, Thorwaldsen, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Murillo, Stradivarius, Guido Reni, Claude Lorraine, Tintoretto And Rosa Bonheur by Katherine Dunlap Cather and M. L. Bower |
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