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Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes

Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes about women

American Activist November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902

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To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes AND The happiest people I have known have been those who gave themselves no concern about their own souls, but did their uttermost to mitigate the miseries of others. AND We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Men never fail to dwell on maternity as a disqualification for the possession of many civil and political rights. Suggest the idea of women having a voice in making laws and administering the Government in the halls of legislation, in Congress, or the British Parliament, and men will declaim at once on the disabilities of maternity in a sneering contemptuous way, as if the office of motherhood was undignified and did not comport with the highest public offices in church and state. It is vain... Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Did I not feel that the time has come for the questions of women's wrongs to be laid before the public? Did I not believe that women herself must do this work, for women alone understand the height, the depth, the breadth of her degradation. - Seneca Falls Convention, 1848 Elizabeth Cady Stanton
When women understand that governments and religions are human inventions; that Bibles, prayer-books, catechisms, and encyclical letters are all emanations from the brains of man, they will no longer be oppressed by the injunctions that come to them with the divine authority of *Thus sayeth the Lord.* Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quote: "The bible and the church have been the greatest stumbling..."
The bible and the church have been the greatest stumbling block in the way of women's emancipation. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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 fitted. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
When we consider that women are treated as property it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quote: "The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human..."
The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quote: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and..."
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quote: "The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage..."
The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quote: "The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to..."
The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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