Tao Te Ching
Anna Grigoryevna Dostoyevskaya ригорьевна Достоевская
1846 – 1918 CE
The woman behind the man and clear example of “better half,” Dostoyevskaya started helping Dostoyevsky as a 19-year old secretary when he was 44 and soon became not only his devoted and energetic wife; but also, his very capable business partner who helped him through extreme poverty, illness, and gambling addiction that at one point lost not all their money but her clothing as well. Not remembered very well by history but essential to Dostoyevsky’s success, she took charge of all their financial issues, publishing and business affairs, made him Russia’s first self-publish author liberating him from a lifetime of poverty and debt. To disprove one of his disparaging remarks about women, she became one of the first female Russian philatelists and worked on her collection for over 50 years while she wrote two biographies; saved his manuscripts, letters, and photographs; and set up a display of them in a State Historical Museum.
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Qing dynasty (1644 – 1912 CE)Quotes by Anna Grigoryevna Dostoyevskaya (2 quotes)
“My husband and I were persons of quite different construction, different bent, completely dissimilar views. But we always remained ourselves, in no way echoing nor currying favor with one another.”
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“Neither of us tried to meddle with the other’s soul and in this way my good husband and I, both of us, felt ourselves free in spirit.”
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