“But the Baby Cried Too Much”

Role of Sisters | by Rachel Madden | Volume 16, Issue 1 | January - February 2010

It was the famous author Harriet Beecher Stowe who said that “she had in mind to write a novel  about slavery – but the baby cried too much”.  One woman has commented that it would have  been more plausible had she said “but the baby  smiled too much”. The point is, many women find ...