The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONEve tasted the apple in the Garden of Eden in order to slake that intense thirst for knowledge that the simple pleasure of picking flowers and talking to Adam could not satisfy.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
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Among the clergy we find our most violent enemies, those most opposed to any change in woman’s position.
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All men & women are created equal.
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The first step in the elevation of women under all systems of religion is to convince them that the great Spirit of the Universe is in no way responsible for any of these absurdities.
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Woman’s discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.
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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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Men think that self-sacrifice is the most charming of all the cardinal virtues for women, and in order to keep it in healthy working order, they make opportunities for its illustration as often as possible.
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Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one’s self- sovereignty.
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So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.
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I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
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Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.
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While women were tortured, drowned and burned by the thousands, scarce one wizard to a hundred was ever condemned … The same distinction of sex appears in our own day. One code of morals for men, another for women.
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The best protection any woman can have… is courage.
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To develop our real selves, we need time alone for thought and meditation. To be always giving out and never pumping in, the well runs dry.
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Eve tasted the apple in the Garden of Eden in order to slake that intense thirst for knowledge that the simple pleasure of picking flowers and talking to Adam could not satisfy.
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