Feminism Quotes by Carrie Chapman Catt

9 Feminism quotes by Carrie Chapman Catt

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Carrie Chapman Catt’s feminist insights come across in nine brief quotes. This short set offers a solid snapshot of her perspective, perfect for a quick, engaging read.

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Parliaments have stopped laughing at woman suffrage, and politicians have begun to dodge! It is the inevitable premonition of coming victory.

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White supremacy will be strengthened, not weakened, by women's suffrage.

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The struggle for the vote was an effort to bring men to feel less superior and women to feel less inferior.

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In the adjustment of the new order of things, we women demand an equal voice; we shall accept nothing less.

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There are whole precincts of voters in this country whose united intelligence does not equal that of one representative American woman.

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the system which admits the unworthy to the vote provided they are men, and shuts out the worthy provided they are women,…

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Do not stand in the way of the next step in human progress. No one living who reads the signs of the…

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The woman suffrage movement in the United States was a movement of the spirit of the Revolution which was striving to hold…

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For two generations groups of women have given their lives and their fortunes to secure the vote for the sex and hundreds…

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For two generations groups of women have given their lives and their fortunes to secure the vote for the sex and hundreds of thousands…

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What is prejudice? An opinion, which is not based upon reason; a judgment, without having heard the argument; a feeling, without being able to…

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The woman suffrage movement in the United States was a movement of the spirit of the Revolution which was striving to hold the nation…

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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.

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The vote is a power, a weapon of offense and defense, a prayer.

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The vote has been costly. Prize it...understand what it means and what it can do for your country.

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When a just cause reaches its flood-tide...whatever stands in its way must fall before its overwhelming force.

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To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves.

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Just as the world war is no white man's war, but every man's war, so is the struggle for woman suffrage no white woman's…

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If we learn from the experience, there is no failure, only delayed victory.

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The struggle for the vote was an effort to bring men to feel less superior and women to feel less inferior.

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In the adjustment of the new order of things, we women demand an equal voice; we shall accept nothing less.

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The world taught women nothing skillful and then said her work was valueless. It permitted her no opinions and said she did not know…

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Everybody counts in applying democracy. And there will never be a true democracy until every responsible and law-abiding adult in it, without regard to…

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Roll up your sleeves, set your mind to making history, and wage such a fight for liberty that the whole world will respect our…

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