When I was young, if a girl married poverty, she bcame a drudge; if she married wealth, she became a doll.
Susan B. AnthonyFor twelve successive Congresses we have appeared before committees of the two Houses making this plea, that the underlying principle of our Government, the right of consent, shall have practical application to the other half of people. Such a little simple thing we have been asking for a quarter of a century. For over forty years, longer than the children of Israel wandered through the wilderness, we have been begging and praying and pleading for this act of justice. We shall some day be heeded.
Susan B. AnthonyI have known nothing the last thirty years save the struggle for human rights on this continent. If it had been a class of men whowere disfranchised and denied their legal rights, I believe I should have devoted my life precisely as I have done in behalf of my own sex.
Susan B. AnthonyThose of you who have the talent to do honor to poor womanhood, have all given yourself over to baby-making. . .
Susan B. Anthony