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We shall some day be heeded, and when we shall have our amendment to the Constitution of the United States, everybody will think it was always so, just exactly as many young people believe that all the privileges, all the freedom, all the enjoyments which woman now possesses always were hers. They have no idea of how every single inch of ground that she stands upon today has been gained by the hard work of some little handful of women of the past.
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More Quotes by Susan B. Anthony
I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.
White men have always controlled their wives' wages. Colored men were not able to do so until they themselves became free. Then they owned both their wives and their wages.
Oh, if I could but live another century and see the fruition of all the work for women! There is so much yet to be done.
I do not assume that woman is better than man. I do assume that she has a different way of looking at things.
Liberty, Humanity, Justice, Equality
Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.
Failure is impossible.
There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.
To be wedded to an idea may be, after all, the holiest and happiest of marriages.
I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel...the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood.
