Complex sentence: Autonomy was a radical goal for women to aspire to at the end of the nineteenth century; it was historically a truism that women were always legally and economically dependent, either on their husband, relatives, or social and charitable institutions.
Split into simpler sentences: Autonomy was a radical goal for women to aspire to at the end of the nineteenth century. It was historically a truism that women were always legally and economically dependent, either on their husband, relatives, or social and charitable institutions.