Schreiner writes: “The simple fact that, among those few women who received training and were allowed to dedicate themselves to abstract study, demonstrates the need on the part of woman sex in the direction of mathematics, compared to work in the fields of politics, administration or law; since women are practically not allowed in these camps. (161-62) From the text it can be revealed that during early 20th century South Africa (which was under British influence), there were no authoritative female figures in power regarding government. The text contests the fact that there were no women in the field of training and work; that women are only suited for specific tasks. Given the history of women's subjugation to the domestic sphere, the tasks for which women were best suited were unknown at the time. (Clayton 108-9) Women were not considered eligible to hold the positions they wanted and according to Schreiner they did not agree with this. He believed they had the necessary skills and abilities. She states: “Even an individual in a society should be barred from undertaking that form of social work for which he is best suited, creating an unnecessary deficit in general social resources. Childhood education was the province of the female; That