Occupation: Writer Birth: November 26, 1792 Death: December 23, 1873
Intellect is not sexed;... strength of mind is not sexed; and ... our views about the duties of men and the duties of women, the sphere of man and th….
Oh, had I received the education I desired, had I been bred to the profession of the law, I might have been a useful member of society, and instead o….
Had Adam tenderly reproved his wife, and endeavored to lead her to repentance instead of sharing in her guilt, I should be much more ready to accord ….
whatsoever it is morally right for a man to do, it is morally right for a woman to do..
Fashionable women regard themselves, and are regarded by men, as pretty toys or as mere instruments of pleasure; and the vacuity of mind, the heartle….
One of the duties which devolve upon women in the present interesting crisis, is to prepare themselves for more extensive usefulness, by making use o….
I want my sex to claim nothing from their brethren but what their brethren may justly claim from them..
All history attests that man has subjected woman to his will, used her as a means to promote his selfish gratification, to minister to his sensual pl….
The reason why women effect so little and are so shallow is because their aims are low, marriage is the prize for which they strive; if foiled in tha….
At sixty I look back on a life of deep disappointments, of withered hopes, of unlooked for suffering, of severe discipline..
Girls study under the paralyzing idea that their acquirements cannot be brought into practical use. They may subserve the purposes of promoting indiv….
In all ages, through all the varied experience of individuals and nations, knowledge has been the power which has civilized, elevated and dignified h….
Many a woman shudders... at the terrible eclipse of those intellectual powers which in early life seemed prophetic of usefulness and happiness, hence….
The virtue of female slaves is wholly at the mercy of irresponsible tyrants, and women are bought and sold in our slave markets, to gratify the bruta….
I do deeply deplore, of the sake of the cause, the prevalent notion, that the clergy must be had, either by persuasion or by bribery. They will not n….
If the minds of women were enlightened and improved, the domestic work would be more frequently refreshed by intelligent conversation, a means of edi….
Good and evil, as we term them, are not antagonistic; they are ever found hand in hand. Humanity has never achieved a single conquest without the aid….
I ask no favors for my sex, I surrender not our claim to equality. All I ask of our brethren is that they will take their feet from off our necks, an….
[On the Adam and Eve story:] They both fell from innocence, and consequently from happiness, but not from equality..
An idea built the wall of separation between the sexes, and an idea will crumble it to dust..
I am persuaded that the rights of woman, like the rights of slaves, need only be examined to be understood and asserted..