"In Massachusetts, where properly qualified 'persons' were allowed……" — Lucy Stone

"In Massachusetts, where properly qualified 'persons' were allowed to practice law, the Supreme Court decided that a woman was not a 'person,' and a special act of the legislature had to be passed before Miss Lelia Robinson could be admitted to the bar. But today women are lawyers."

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Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
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