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.

The legal theory is, that marriage makes the husband and wife one person, and that person is the husband.

Liberty is not less a blessing, because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.

I long for the day my sisters will rise, and occupy the sphere to which they are called by their high nature and destiny.

Weep not for me. Rather let your tears flow for the sorrows of the multitude. My work is done. Like a ripe fruit I admit the gathering. Death has no terrors for it is a wise law of nature. I am ready whenever the summons may come.

I grew up so thoroughly imbued with women's rights that it was the most important question of my life from a very early day.

In the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.