Quote #1598 about 17th century by Alice Morse Earle
"The men in those old days of the seventeenth century, when in constant dread of attacks by Indians, always rose when the services were ended and left the house before the women and children, thus making sure the safe exit of the latter."by Alice Morse Earle
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