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

To grant woman an equality with man in the affairs of life is contrary to every tradition, every precedent, every inheritance, every instinct and every teaching. The acceptance of this idea is possible only to those of especially progressive tendencies and a strong sense of justice, and it is yet too soon to expect these from the majority.

Those of you who have the talent to do honor to poor womanhood, have all given yourself over to baby-making. . .

I pray every single moment of my life; not on my knees but with my work. My prayer is to lift women to equality with men. Work and worship are one with me.

Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry.

I can not imagine a God ... made happy by my getting down on my knees and calling him 'great'.

It has always been thought perfectly womanly to be a scrub- woman in the Legislature and to take care of the spittoons; that is entirely within the charmed circle of woman's sphere; but for women to occupy any of those official seats would be degrading.