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That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man-when I could get it-and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman? — Sojourner Truth · 1851 It is the glory of each generation to make its own precedents. — Belva Lockwood · 1877 It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people - women as well as men. — Susan B. Anthony · 1872 It was we, the people, not we, the white male citizens, nor yet we, the male citizens, but we, the whole people, who formed this Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people-women as well as men. — Susan B. Anthony · 1873 With the nation-wide induction of womanhood into our political life, we may count upon her intuitions, her refinements, her intelligence, and her influence to exalt the social order. We count upon her exercise of the full privileges and the performance of the duties of citizenship to speed the attainment of the highest state. — Warren G. Harding · 1921 Let woman then go on-not asking favors, but claiming as a right the removal of all hindrances to her elevation in the scale of being-let her receive encouragement for the proper cultivation of all her powers, so that she may enter profitably into the active business of life... Then in the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal. — Lucretia Mott · 1849

Feminist literature3 quotes

I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792 The single most impressive fact about the attempt by American women to obtain the right to vote is how long it took. — Alice Rossi · 1973 The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself. — Virginia Woolf · 1929

Comedy2 quotes

Get the government out of my fucking snatch. — Selina Meyer · 2014 Okay, no uterus, no opinion. — Rachel Green · 2002

Comedy (TV)2 quotes

Get the government out of my fucking snatch. — Selina Meyer · 2014 Okay, no uterus, no opinion. — Rachel Green · 2002

Political literature2 quotes

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged... On account of sex. — 1920 I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792

Autobiography and memoir1 quote

I was told that desire for learning in women was against the will of God. — Mary Butts · 1937

Historical literature1 quote

Our ancestors refused to allow any woman to transact even private business without a guardian to represent her; women had to be under the control of fathers, brothers, or husbands. But we (heaven preserve us!) are now allowing them even to take part in politics, and actually to appear in the Forum and to be present at our meetings and assemblies!... Give a free rein to their unprincipled nature, to this untamed animal, and then expect them to set a limit on their own license! — Livy · 9 BC

Legal writing1 quote

That woman's physical structure and the performance of maternal functions place her at a disadvantage in the struggle for subsistence is obvious. This is especially true when the burdens of motherhood are upon her... As healthy mothers are essential to vigorous offspring, the physical wellbeing of woman becomes an object of public interest and care in order to preserve the strength and vigor of the race. — David J. Brewer · 1908

Sitcom1 quote

Okay, no uterus, no opinion. — Rachel Green · 2002

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