... while our men seem thoroughly abreast of the times on almost every other subject, when they strike the woman question they drop back into sixteenth century logic. They leave nothing to be desired generally in regard to gallantry and chivalry, but they actually do not seem sometimes to have outgrown that old contemporary of chivalry--the idea that women may stand on pedestals or live in doll houses,... but they must not furrow their brows with thought or attempt to help men tug at the great questions of the world.
Only the BLACK WOMAN can say 'when and where I enter, in the quiet, undisputed dignity of my womanhood, without violence and without suing or special… - Anna Julia Cooper
Only the BLACK WOMAN can say 'when and where I enter, in the quiet, undisputed dignity of my womanhood, without violence and without suing or special…
- Anna Julia Cooper
I care not for the theoretical symmetry and impregnable logic of your moral code, I care not for the hoary respectability and traditional mysticisms … - Anna Julia Cooper
I care not for the theoretical symmetry and impregnable logic of your moral code, I care not for the hoary respectability and traditional mysticisms …
The colored woman of to-day occupies, one may say, a unique position in this country. In a period of itself transitional and unsettled, her status se… - Anna Julia Cooper
The colored woman of to-day occupies, one may say, a unique position in this country. In a period of itself transitional and unsettled, her status se…
Peace produced by suppression is neither natural nor desirable. - Anna Julia Cooper
Peace produced by suppression is neither natural nor desirable.
Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey. - Anna Julia Cooper
Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey.
The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class - it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of humanity. - Anna Julia Cooper
The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class - it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of humanity.
Let woman's claim be as broad in the concrete as the abstract. We take our stand on the solidarity of humanity, the oneness of life, and the unnatura… - Anna Julia Cooper
Let woman's claim be as broad in the concrete as the abstract. We take our stand on the solidarity of humanity, the oneness of life, and the unnatura…
I speak for the colored women of the South, because it is there that the millions of blacks in this country have watered the soil with blood and tear… - Anna Julia Cooper
I speak for the colored women of the South, because it is there that the millions of blacks in this country have watered the soil with blood and tear…
It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not even the cause of woman v.… - Anna Julia Cooper
It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not even the cause of woman v.…
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