Such a writer may start from one of three points of view; he may consider the woman as destined to be a wife, or a mother, or a human being; as the companion of a man, as the Rearer of the young, or as an independent personality, endowed with gifts, talents, possibilities, in less or greater number, and capable, as in the case of men, of being trained to the worst or the best uses.
"Rousseau Volumes I. and II."
John Morley
"You an usher, a Rearer of youth, Mr. Raikes?
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
Meantime earth as she brings forth vegetation in spring is Kourotrophos, Rearer of Kouroi, or the young men of the tribe.
"Five Stages of Greek Religion"
Gilbert Murray