The best protection any woman can have… is courage.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONI would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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Though motherhood is the most important of all the professions – requiring more knowledge than any other department in human affairs – there was no attention given to preparation for this office.
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Woman has been the great unpaid laborer of the world.
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There must be a remedy even for such a crying evil as this [abortion]. But where shall it be found, at least where begin, if not in the complete enfranchisement and elevation of women?
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I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
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I decline to accept Hebrew mythology as a guide to twentieth-century science.
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Heavenly Father and Mother, make us thankful for all the blessings of this life, and make us ever mindful of the patient hands that oft in weariness spread our tables and prepare our daily food. For humanity’s sake, Amen.
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So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.
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Every truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone.
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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
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If the Bible teaches the equality of women, why does the church refuse to ordain women to preach the gospel, to fill the offices of deacons and elders, and to administer the Sacraments…?
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I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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I shall not grow conservative with age.
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You may go over the world and you will find that every form of religion which has breathed upon this earth has degraded woman.
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