Susan B. Anthony Quotes About Womanhood
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No genuine equality, no real freedom, no true manhood or womanhood can exist on any foundation save that of pecuniary independence. As a right over a man's subsistence is a power over his moral being, so a right over a woman's subsistence enslaves her will, degrades her pride and vitiates her whole moral nature.
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Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel. It gives a woman a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. It makes her feel as if she were independent... the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood.
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No genuine equality, no real freedom, no true manhood or womanhood can exist on any foundation save that of pecuniary independence.
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Those of you who have the talent to do honor to poor womanhood, have all given yourself over to baby-making. . .
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I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel...the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood.
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Susan B. Anthony
- Born: February 15, 1820
- Died: March 13, 1906
- Occupation: Women's rights activist