'Skating is less useful, as we landlubbers rarely encounter ice floes. Still, this pastime is a fun way to improve general physical strength. Skating also encourages women, who might otherwise remain cooped up indoors, to venture outside on cold winter days.'

Het gulden vrouwenboek : wat iedere vrouw van de geneeskunde moet weten / A. Fischer-Dückelmann
[The golden women's book: what every woman should know about medicine]
Leiden [etc.] : Bril [etc.], 1903

NVB Lending Library no. 335