Who said "A woman's silence is often not consent but strategy."?

This quote is attributed to Mary Wilkins Freeman.

A woman's silence is often not consent but strategy. - Mary Wilkins Freeman

"A woman's silence is often not consent but strategy."

Mary Wilkins Freeman Strength

Novelist American 1852–1930

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