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.
Susan B. AnthonyThere have been others also just as true and devoted to the cause--I wish I could name every one--but with such women consecratingtheir lives, failure is impossible!
Susan B. AnthonyWhite men have always controlled their wives' wages. Colored men were not able to do so until they themselves became free. Then they owned both their wives and their wages.
Susan B. AnthonyThe rank and file are not philosophers, they are not educated to think for themselves, but simply to accept, unquestioned, whatever comes.
Susan B. Anthony