History of Woman Suffrage, Volume 1Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage Susan B. Anthony, 1889 |
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... Truth , Temperance , Equality . " It was published semi - monthly , and advocated a better education for woman , a higher price for her labor , the opening of new industries . It was the earliest paper established in the United States ...
... Truth , Temperance , Equality . " It was published semi - monthly , and advocated a better education for woman , a higher price for her labor , the opening of new industries . It was the earliest paper established in the United States ...
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... Truth , and Reason , but not an iota to dogmas or theoretical opinions , no matter how time - honored , or by what precedent established . Randolph - Elizabeth Steadman , Cynthia M. Price , Sophronia Smalley , Cordelia L. Smalley , Ann ...
... Truth , and Reason , but not an iota to dogmas or theoretical opinions , no matter how time - honored , or by what precedent established . Randolph - Elizabeth Steadman , Cynthia M. Price , Sophronia Smalley , Cordelia L. Smalley , Ann ...
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... truth , the instincts of humanity , and a just application of the principles of equality , we shall be able to maintain them . You ask , would you have woman , by engaging in political party bick- erings and noisy strife , sacrifice her ...
... truth , the instincts of humanity , and a just application of the principles of equality , we shall be able to maintain them . You ask , would you have woman , by engaging in political party bick- erings and noisy strife , sacrifice her ...
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... Truth's speech , we fear that the clergy , as usual , were averse to enlarging the boundaries of freedom . In those early days the sons of Adam crowded our ... Truth . 115 Sojourner Truth was once a slave 114 History of Woman Suffrage .
... Truth's speech , we fear that the clergy , as usual , were averse to enlarging the boundaries of freedom . In those early days the sons of Adam crowded our ... Truth . 115 Sojourner Truth was once a slave 114 History of Woman Suffrage .
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage. Sojourner Truth . 115 Sojourner Truth was once a slave in the State of New York , and carries to - day as many marks of the diabolism of slavery , as ever scarred the ...
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage. Sojourner Truth . 115 Sojourner Truth was once a slave in the State of New York , and carries to - day as many marks of the diabolism of slavery , as ever scarred the ...
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Page 298 - But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive : for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts ; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.
Page 32 - And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could.
Page 528 - Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command, A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill, A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man.
Page 138 - Remember that religion is a personal thing, an individual concern ; for every one of us must give an account of himself to God, and every man bear his own burden.
Page 32 - I desire you would remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention are not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.
Page 71 - He has so framed the laws of divorce, as to what shall be the proper causes and, in case of separation, to whom the guardianship of the children shall be given, as to be wholly regardless of the happiness of women — the law in all cases going upon the false supposition of the supremacy of man, and giving all power into his hands.
Page 116 - Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man— when I could get it — and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman?
Page 71 - In entering upon the great work before us, we anticipate no small amount of misconception, misrepresentation, and ridicule; but we shall use every instrumentality within our power to effect our object. We shall employ agents, circulate tracts, petition the State and National legislatures, and endeavor to enlist the pulpit and the press in our behalf. We hope this Convention will be followed by a series of Conventions embracing every part of the country. RESOLUTIONS WHEREAS, The great precept of nature...
Page 70 - We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
Page 116 - And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman?