'The appointment of a woman to office is an innovation for which the public is not prepared, nor am I.'

     President Thomas Jefferson to Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin, 13 January 180 (Founders Online).  "when Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin noticed a shortage of individuals qualified to hold office during the second Jefferson administration, he suggested that the president consider hiring women.  President Jefferson, taking his role as the symbol of the nation to heart, replied," (Annette Gordon-Reed, "Female trouble," The New York review of books 65, no. 2 (February 8, 2018):  12 (12-14).