I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.
As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.
The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.
I remember I would not stand still; I would not stop being perplexed by everything that spontaneously attracted me or caught my attention. I would never cease to look around me and observe myself in relation to nature: either crystal clear skies and sun-melting afternoons, or foggy winter days and weirdly tinted nights. I would never cease to dream and stand by the window, ready to let the diversity of life pass freely through my skin; courageous enough to believe I stood a chance in devouring each shade of sensation. Or perhaps, immensely foolish to plainly - believe at all.
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