" Even though Dorothy Patterson had earned a master of theology (New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary), a doctorate in ministry (Luther Rice Seminary), and a doctorate in theology (University of South Africa), she always introduced herself publicly as a wife and mother. "She was in her words, 'primarily a wife, mother, and homemaker,' with grandmother added in years to come," writes Flowers. "

― Beth Allison Barr , The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth