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Oppression of women3 quotes
Woman's degradation is in man's idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customers, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton · 1860You may go over the world and you will find that every form of religion that has breathed upon this earth, has degraded woman. There is not one that has not always made her subject to man. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton · 1885The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton · 1848Gender relations2 quotes
Woman's degradation is in man's idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customers, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton · 1860The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton · 1848Men and women2 quotes
Woman's degradation is in man's idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customers, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton · 1860The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton · 1848Declaration of Independence1 quote
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton · 1848Equality1 quote
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton · 1848Feminism1 quote
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton · 1848Personal responsibility1 quote
Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton · 1892Religion1 quote
You may go over the world and you will find that every form of religion that has breathed upon this earth, has degraded woman. There is not one that has not always made her subject to man. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton · 1885Women's equality1 quote
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton · 1848