Talking to Miss Parkinson was starting to feel like she was talking to a brick wall. She was actively proving Sobie's opinion of her intelligence right! Her expression twisted into one of obvious disapproval. "If it was the majority that didn't want change we wouldn't have half of the elected ministers as women. So, then. Are comfortable going back to not having electricity in your home? Not having warming spells? Not having access to education? Or books? If we only did what was safe we would still be living in the dark ages Miss Parkinson. I do not see why we should not progress just because some people are uncomfortable with the idea of something new and unwilling to try it." She flicked her hand in dismissal not understanding Jessamine's reluctance to progress. Yes, new could be uncomfortable but surely it couldn't be more uncomfortable than spending your entire life with no more value or rights than a broodmare.

"I'm not going into the Ministry for someone to say nice fluffy things about me, Miss Parkinson. And if I ever change mind, I wouldn't want a man who places no more value in me than he does his broodmares. A marriage ought to be a partnership and I will not go into one as a subservient participant. He will approve of me working or there will be no marriage to speak of, that is all. As far as my family - my mother is dead and has no opinion and my father and stepmother are just fine with it. My sister also works. And Grandfather encourages us in whatever we want to do. I intend to make enough to support myself and I have quite a large family. With four siblings she has other chances for grandchildren. Medea wants children I believe. Besides, I have older siblings. It isn't like I'm set to inherit."

Disregarding the luck that her father was the eight child and somehow the heir. That meant something would happen and she didn't want to think about anything befalling her siblings. Even sixty, seventy years in the future.

"Bad things? Like what? An ability to go where I want when I want? To be completely in control of every aspect of my life? To not have to rely on someone else for the basic necessities? Or subjected to their whims? I do not care about what some socialite thinks of me." She didn't care what someone like Jessamine Parkinson thought of her.