All that is good and commendable now existing would continue to exist if all marriage laws were repealed tomorrow . . .

I and others of my sex find ourselves controlled by a form of government in the inauguration of which we had no voice.

There is something wrong with a government that makes women the legal property of their husbands. The whole system needs changing, but men will never make the changes. They have too much to lose.

The women of the country have the power in their own hands, in spite of the law and the government being altogether of the male order.

You are all aware that my private life has been pictured to the public by the press of the country with the intent to make people believe me to be a very bad woman.

The wife who submits to sexual intercourse against her wishes or desires, virtually commits suicide; while the husband who compels it, commits murder.

Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.