... woman's cause is the cause of the weak; and when all the weak shall have received their due consideration, then woman will have her "rights," and the Indian will have his rights, and the Negro will have his rights,… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
... the majority of colored men do not yet think it worth while that women aspire to higher education… The three R's, a littlemusic… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God. — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
Teach [our girls] that there is a race with special needs which they and only they can help; that the world needs and is… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
... religion (ought to be if it isn't) a great deal more than mere gratification of the instinct for worship linked with the straight-teaching… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
Respect for woman, the much lauded chivalry of the Middle Ages, meant what I fear it still means to some men in our own… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
... woman's cause is the cause of the weak; and when all the weak shall have received their due consideration, then woman will have… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
... [a] girl one day flared out and told the principal "the only mission opening before a girl in his school was to marry… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
All prejudices, whether of race, sect or sex, class pride and caste distinctions are the belittling inheritance and badge of snobs and prigs. — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
The old, subjective, stagnant, indolent and wretched life for woman has gone. She has as many resources as men, as many activities beckon her… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
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