Ifwe had nowinter, the spring would not be sopleasant; if we did notsomething taste of adversity, prosperitywould not be so welcome. — Anne Bradstreet.
From the earliest period, there seem to have been exceptional women who really were capable of having it all, such as AnneBradstreet, a prolific 17th-century poet, who had eight children and a happy marriage, as well as critical renown.