A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the few female conductors have to battle even today is astounding.
“We love in another's soul whatever of ourselves we can deposit in it; the greater the deposit, the greater the love.”
“All causes are essentially mental, and whosoever comes into daily contact with a high order of thinking must take on some of it.”