"It is a very difficult thing to be a woman"

If every woman in our society sparkled, it would have the same uniformity as we would were every woman quiet and retiring. We know, when we think about it, that beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder, and thus a woman who is interesting to one man can leave the second cold. Women who are interesting to men are frequently an enigma to other women…

Before you read this discussion of how we can become more interesting, think of this: Not every man wants an interesting woman any more than every husband wants or could even tolerate a beauty. It is a very difficult thing to be a woman.

From How to be a more interesting woman, by Barbara Wedgwood which is part of the Amy Vanderbilt Success Program For Women (a membership club service from Nelson Doubleday) -- a "retro self-wounding book".