"The few bright meteors in man's intellectual horizon……" — Ernestine Rose
"The few bright meteors in man's intellectual horizon could well be matched by women, were she allowed to occupy the same elevated position."
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Ernestine Rose
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39 Quotes by Ernestine Rose
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For here lies the corner stone of all the injustices done woman, the wrong idea from which all other wrongs…
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There is no reason against woman's elevation, but prejudices.
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If they are unsuccessful in married life, who suffers more the bitter consequences of poverty than the wife? But if…
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I know that some endeavor to throw the mantle of romance over the subject and treat woman like some ideal…
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Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are in opposition to human rights, are nothing but…
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From the cradle to the grave she is subject to the power and control of man. Father, guardian, or husband,…
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No! on Human Rights and Freedom, on a subject that is as self-evident as that two and two make four,…
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Emancipation from every kind of bondage is my principle. I go for recognition of human rights, without distinction of sect,…
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Slavery and freedom cannot exist together.
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If you allow one single germ, one single seed of slavery to remain in the soil of America... that germ…
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We have hardly an adequate idea how all-powerful law is in forming public opinion, in giving tone and character to…
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Do you tell me that the Bible is against our rights? Then I say that our claims do not rest…
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