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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902) was an American suffragist, social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement. Her Declaration of Sentiments, presented at the Seneca Falls Convention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, is often credited with initiating the first organized women's rights and women's suffrage movements in the United States. Stanton was president of the National Woman Suffrage Association from 1892 until 1900.

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Heavenly Father and Mother, make us thankful for all the blessings of this life, and make us ever mindful of the patient hands that oft in weariness spread our tables and prepare our daily food. For humanity's sake, Amen.

Blessing, Father, Mindful, Mother, Oft, Thankful

I think if women would indulge more freely in vituperation, they would enjoy ten times the health they do. It seems to me they are suffering from repression.

Enjoy, Suffering, Think, Thinking, Times

It is often asserted that woman owes all the advantages of the position she occupies to-day to Christianity, but the facts of history show that the Christian Church has done nothing specifically for woman's elevation. In the general march of civilization, she has necessarily reaped the advantage of man's higher development, but we must not claim for Christianity all that has been achieved by science, discovery and invention.

Christian, Civilization, Done, Elevation, Men, Science

I see by the papers that you have once more stirred that pool of intellectual stagnation, the educational convention.

Convention, Educational, Intellectual, Paper, See, Stagnation

All honor to the noble women that have devoted earnest lives to the intellectual needs of mankind!

Honor, Intellectual, Needs, Noble

Chauncy Burr. . . talks well, possibly better than he thinks. But this is a common failing.

Common, Possibly, Speech, Talking, Thinking, Thinks

No mortal ever has been, no mortal ever will be like the soul just launched on the sea of life.

Has Beens, Like, Mortal, Sea, Soul

The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.

Despotism, Moving, Smoothly, Surface, Things, Tyrants

To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes.

Complete, Education, Eye, Throw, Way

[On women's role in the home:] Every wife, mother and housekeeper feels at present that there is some screw loose in the household situation.

Home, Housekeeper, Mother, Present, Situation, Women

To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect.

Respect, Equality, Self, Refuse, Political, Rob

When lions paint pictures men will not always be represented as conquerors. When women translate laws, constitutions, bibles and philosophies, man will not always be the declared heard of the church, the state, and the home.

Home, Laws, Men, Philosophy, Power, Translate

Eve tasted the apple in the Garden of Eden in order to slake that intense thirst for knowledge that the simple pleasure of picking flowers and talking to Adam could not satisfy.

Flower, Simple, Garden, Talking, Adam

The great lesson that nature seems to teach us at all ages is self-dependence, self-protection, self-support. In the hours of our keenest sufferings all are thrown wholly on themselves for consolation.

Freedom, Lesson, Nature, Self, Support, Thrown

Nature, like a loving mother, is ever trying to keep land and sea, mountain and valley, each in its place, to hush the angry winds and waves, balance the extremes of heat and cold, of rain and drought, that peace, harmony and beauty may reign supreme.

Beauty, Mother, Mountain, Peace, Reign

I have endeavoured to dissipate these religious superstitions from the minds of women, and base their faith on science and reason, where I found for myself at last that peace and comfort I could never find in the Bible and the church.

Atheism, Mind, Minds, Reason, Religious, Science

The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion.

Christian, Memories, Soul, Suffering, Superstition

The prejudice against color, of which we hear so much, is no stronger than that against sex. It is produced by the same cause, and manifested very much in the same way.

Color, Produced, Sex, Stronger, Way

Dr. Oaks made the remark that, according to the best estimate he could make, there were four hundred murders annually produced by abortion in that county alone. . . . There must be a remedy for such a crying evil as this.

Abortion, Annually, Drs, Estimate, Evil, Murders

Let us remember that all reforms are interdependent, and that whatever is done to establish one principle on a solid base, strengthens all.

Change, Principles, Reform, Establish, Interdependent, Done

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