... woman's cause is the cause of the weak; and when all the weak shall have received their due consideration, then woman will have her "rights," and the Indian will have his rights, and the Negro will have his rights, and all the strong will have learned at last to deal justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly; and our fair land will have been taught the secret of universal courtesy which is after all nothing but the art, the science, and the religion of regarding one's neighbor as one's self, and to do for him as we would, were conditions swapped, that he do for us.
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…
- Anna Julia Cooper
Peace produced by suppression is neither natural nor desirable. - Anna Julia Cooper
Peace produced by suppression is neither natural nor desirable.
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…
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 …
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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