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Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times · Chapter 12The Maiden’s Vow

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(A speaker at the National Education Association advised girls not to study algebra. Many girls, he said, had lost their souls through this study. The idea has been taken up with enthusiasm.)

I will avoid equations,

And shun the naughty surd,

I must beware the perfect square,

Through it young girls have erred:

And when men mention Rule of Three

Pretend I have not heard.

Through Sturm’s delightful theorems

Illicit joys assure,

Though permutations and combinations

My woman’s heart allure,

I’ll never study algebra,

But keep my spirit pure.