Women Were Property Of Men

“Even if I never found the manuscript, I had the makings of a very interesting paper on a woman who had been one of the most prominent book dealers in Ireland who was nevertheless locked up on the word of her brother. It didn’t seem to matter how talented, intelligent, or independent a woman was, she was still seen as the property of a man, to with as he pleased.

-The Lost Bookshop

Photographer: _Deyu95