I spoke at a woman's club in Philadelphia yesterday and a young lady said to me afterwards, "Well, that sounds very nice, but don't you think it is better to be the power behind the throne?" I answered that I… — Anna Howard Shaw Copy Share Image
On every side, and at every hour of the day, we came up against the relentless limitations of pioneer life. — Anna Howard Shaw Copy Share Image
The millennium will not come as soon as women vote, but it will not come until they do vote. — Anna Howard Shaw Copy Share Image
I would rather be known as an advocate of equal suffrage than to speak every night on the best-paying platforms in the United States… — Anna Howard Shaw Copy Share Image
I care nothing for all the political parties in the world except as they stand for justice. — Anna Howard Shaw Copy Share Image
And looking into the face of ... one dead man we see two dead, the man and the life of the woman who gave… — Anna Howard Shaw Copy Share Image
If the women of the United States, with their free schools and all their enlarged liberties, are not superior to women brought up under… — Anna Howard Shaw Copy Share Image
I have everything in the world that is necessary to happiness--good faith, good friends, and all the work I can possibly do. — Anna Howard Shaw Copy Share Image
Around me I saw women overworked and underpaid, doing men's work at half men's wages, not because their work was inferior, but because they… — Anna Howard Shaw Copy Share Image
Valentine's Day is a sham created by card companies to reinforce gender stereotypes. [..] I'll buy some cookies, but NOT for Valentine's Day. These… — Anna Howard Shaw Copy Share Image
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