"Long enough has man been the personification of war, of slavery, of conquest; it is the turn of woman to be the personification of peace, of liberty, of civilization.
"In this new system (that of maternity), each of the two has his part: to man labor, the genius of enterprise; to woman economy and the spirit of foresight.
"Man speculates, woman administers;
"Man acquires, woman preserves;
"Man brings in, woman transmits;
"The dowry remains the attribute of the father, the inheritance becomes the privilege of the mother;
"Each of the two thus exercises the function that is natural to him, and in conformity with the essence of things."—Id.
A number of women have asked whether De Girardin recognizes political right for women. He says nothing about it, either in his work "Liberty in Marriage," or in his "Universal Politics." But when a man writes that:
"Woman, belonging to herself, and being dependent only on her reason, has the same rights as man to liberty and equality."
That "universal suffrage should be individual and direct."