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| Charlotte Bronte |
Charlotte Bronte was a popular nineteenth century English novelist and poet, her most famous novel being Jane Eyre.
The heroines of Bronte’s fiction brought about a change in literature, presenting untraditional women, admired for their strength and abilities.
Charlotte’s own life is an example of this. In her novel, Jane Eyre, she wrote: “It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action...Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and millions are in silent revolt against their lot...Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.”
Charlotte Bronte was listed among the eminent women in the records of the St. George Temple. To learn more about the painting by Michael Bedard in this video please click here.
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