Elizabeth Cady Stanton ✓

(1815–1902) writer United States

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[Wikidata] American writer, suffragist and Women's Rights activist (1815–1902)... | [Wikipedia] Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-19th century. She was the main force behind the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, the first convention to be called for the sole purpose of discussing women's ri

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• Social science affirms that a woman's place in society marks the level of civilization. Affirms
• The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy… Begin
• Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving. Come Come
• The best protection any woman can have... is courage. Any
• Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness. Beings
• The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation. Atheism
• The heyday of woman's life is the shady side of fifty. Birthday
• Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice. Development
• Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth. All
• I shall not grow conservative with age. Age
• The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences. Adverse
• The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history. Darkest
• I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well. Always Busy
• Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development. Development
• We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the… Alone
• The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion. Christian
• To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes. Complete
• The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading. Aggravation
• We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal. All
• I thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. So I decided to study… Boy
• The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality. Equality
• The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface. All
• The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother. Mom
• Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordinary useful work for which they are… All
• Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement. Cannot Describe

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