1706: Marko Vovchok on Women’s Freedom, Anti-Serfdom Realism, and Human Dignity
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2026/06/22
“We could breathe, think, and look around us freely!”“What I earned was mine, and mine alone; I could sit and talk without fear of anyone; I could work or not, without being forced to do either.”
“I felt with all my heart and with my entire body that I was really living.”
“I am free! I talk, walk, and look around me, and whether there are lords in the world or not, is no concern of mine!”
“He had destroyed more than one girl’s happiness.”
“They did not allow the father or mother or myself to see her.”
“Evil be to those who have crushed you as they would a fragrant flower.”
“What would life with a free man be without love?”
“You should fight against your equals and not against a helpless girl!”
“You, men, will not gain any glory this way!”
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