I was a woman before I was an abolitionist. I must speak for the women.

I was a woman before I was an abolitionist. I must speak for the women.

All over this land women have no political existence. Laws pass over our heads that we can not unmake. Our property is taken from us without our consent. The babes we bear in anguish and carry in our arms are not ours.

I expect some new phases of life this summer, and shall try to get the honey from each moment.

Henceforth the leaves of the tree of knowledge were for women, and for the healing of the nations.

The road before us is shorter than the road behind.

The politician is the creature of the public sentiment -- never goes ahead of it because he depends on it . . .