The women of this country ...

The women of this country ought be enlightened in regard to the laws under which they live, that they may no longer publish their degradation by declaring themselves satisfied with their present position, nor their ignorance, by asserting that they have all the rights they want.
The women of this country ought be enlightened in regard to the laws under which they live, that they may no longer publish their degradation by declaring themselves satisfied with their present position, nor their ignorance, by asserting that they have all the rights they want.
 Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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 Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The heyday of woman's life is the shady side of fifty.
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 Elizabeth Cady Stanton
I shall not grow conservative with age.
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 Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Heavenly Father and Mother, make us thankful for all the blessings of this life, and make us ever mindful of the patient hands that oft in weariness spread our tables and prepare our daily food. For humanity's sake, Amen.
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A man in love will jump to pick up a glove or a bouquet for a silly girl of sixteen, whilst at home he will permit his aged mother to carry pails of water and armfuls of wood, or his wife to lug a twenty-pound baby, hour after hour, without ever offe
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 Elizabeth Cady Stanton