Woman is learning for herself that not self-sacrifice, but self development, is her first duty in life; and this, not primarily for the sake of others but that she may become fully herself. — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
The most stupendous system of organized robbery known has been that of the church towards woman, a robbery that has not only taken her self-respect but all rights of person; the fruits of her own industry; her opportunities of education;… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
The women of today are the thoughts of their mothers and grandmothers, embodied and made alive. They are active, capable, determined and bound to… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
Do not allow the Church or State to govern your thought or dictate your judgment — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
Women should unite upon a platform of opposition to the teaching and aim of that ever most unscrupulous enemy of freedom--the Church. — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
Both church and state claiming to be of divine origin have assumed divine right of man over woman; while church and state have thought… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
The Christian theory of the sacredness of the Bible has been at the cost of the world's civilization. — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
History is full of wrongs done the wife by legal robbery on the part of the husband. I hesitate not to assert that most… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
The law known as Marchetta, or Marquette, compelled newly married women to a most dishonorable servitude. They were regarded as the rightful prey of… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
When any man expresses doubt to me as to the use that I or any other woman might make of the ballot if we… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
Woman is learning for herself that not self-sacrifice, but self development, is her first duty in life; and this, not primarily for the sake… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
