There is nothing of greater importance to the well-being of society at large - of man as well as woman - than the true proper position of woman.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the crucial role of women in society for its overall well-being.
Lucretia Mott highlights the fundamental importance of understanding and recognizing the rightful position of women in society. She argues that the health and progress of society hinge on the empowerment and proper treatment of women, suggesting that equality between genders is vital for the well-being of all individuals.
In practice
Using this quote during a women's rights event to highlight the importance of gender equality.
It is time that Christians were judged more by their likeness to Christ than their notions of Christ. Were this sentiment generally admitted we should not see such tenacious adherence to what men deem the opinions and doctrines of Christ while at the same time in every day practise is exhibited anything but a likeness to Christ.
The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source.
It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her.
Let our lives be in accordance with our convictions of right, each striving to carry out our principles.
If our principles are right, why should we be cowards?
Let our lives be in accordiance with our convictions of right, each striving to carry out our principles
The term 'glass ceiling' was coined in 1984. More than 20 years later, the ceiling has barely cracked. There isn't a single country in the world that has as many female as male politicians. In business, the situation is even worse. Its highest echelon - the board - remains a chauvinist's dream.
American women of wealth, education, virtue and refinement, if you do not wish the lower orders of Chinese, Africans, Germans and Irish, with their low ideas of womanhood, to make laws for you and your daughters awake to the danger of your present position and demand that woman, too, shall be represented in the government!
Our culture needs to find a robust image of female success that is first, not male, and second, not a white woman on the phone, holding a crying baby.
I want a future where women and girls get to be the subject of their own sexuality, not the object of somebody else’s. That we are the main characters in our own play, not props in somebody else’s—which is how women’s sexuality is treated now. Whatever the outside attitudes about sexuality it’s always about somebody’s agenda for us, and I want a world where we can have our own.
I have to say that the traditional role is kind of a myth. I think the traditional Mexican woman is a fierce woman.
To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman.
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