Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.

Had I represented twenty thousand voters in Michigan, that political editor would not have known nor cared whether I was the oldest or the youngest daughter of Methuselah, or whether my bonnet came from the Ark or from Worth's.

For a people is only as great, as free, as lofty, as advanced as its women are free, noble and progressive.

Just as long as newspapers and magazines are controlled by men, every woman upon them must write articles which are reflections of men's ideas. As long as that continues, women's ideas and deepest convictions will never get before the public.

Better lose me than lose a state.

Marriage, to woman as to man, must be a luxury, not a necessity; an incident of life, not all of it.

Sentiment never was and never can be a guarantee for justice.