Quotes by : Jill Lepore

We have hands that must work, brains that must think, and personalities that must be developed.

Innovation and disruption are ideas that originated in the arena of business but which have since been....

Mary Woolley wasn't only a suffragist; she was also a feminist. "Feminism is not a prejudice," she said,....

Replacing “progress” with “innovation” skirts the question of whether a novelty is an improvement:....

Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, for modernity, and for prosperity. The wealthy pay more....

History is hereditary only in this way: we, all of us, inherit everything, and then we choose what to....

The study of history requires investigation, imagination, empathy, and respect. Reverence just doesn't....

You can be strong as any boy if you'll work hard and train yourself in athletics, the way boys do.

And that's the point! Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force strength....

Reviewing a book written by someone you're living with and sleeping with is, needless to say, wrong.