For you on Valentine’s Day, an oldie but a goodie: an anonymous 1918 suffragette’s extremely tart list of advice to young ladies considering marriage—which you may remember if you were on the internet at all a few years ago, and which is reportedly on display at Pontypridd Museum in Wales. It begins in bluntness: “Do not marry at all.” But if you must (or whoops, have already) there’s some advice for you too. Happy Valentine’s Day!

Emily Temple

Emily Temple

Emily Temple is the managing editor at Lit Hub. Her first novel, The Lightness, was published by William Morrow/HarperCollins in June 2020. You can buy it here.