Katharine Pearson Woods

Katharine Pearson Woods (January 28, 1853-February 19, 1923) was an American novelist, labor activist, and advocate of Christian socialism.

Katharine Pearson Woods in 1906

Quotes

• Education is considered the peculiar business of women; perhaps for that very reason it is one of the worst-paid business in the world; the salaries of men who engage in it are double those of women, who do better work and more of it.
  • The National exposition souvenir: What America owes to women, Chapter 43 "Queens of the Shop, the Workroom and the Tenement", page 436