How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
She had [...] what her mother called a mannish way of walking [...] and her rum and hips were so slender and hard that, from behind, she resembled a young boy. (1.2)
Jenny has been defying gender expectations all her life, but it isn't an active choice on her part—it's just who she is.
Quote #2
She had dropped out of college when she suspected that the chief purpose of her parents' sending her to Wellesley had been to have her [...] mated to some well-bred man. (1.3)
There was a time when people believed girls should only go to college is to meet a husband. These days, lady students make up the majority of college attendees in the U.S. You go, girls.