Author: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Quotes

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.

- Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The heyday of woman's life is the shady side of fifty.

The heyday of woman's life is the shady side of fifty.

- Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The best protection any woman can have... is courage.

The best protection any woman can have... is courage.

- Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion.

The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion.

- Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading.

The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading.

- Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.

The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.

- Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.

The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.

- Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordinary useful work for which they are fitted.

Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordinary useful work for which they are fitted.

- Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation.

The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation.

- Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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