We would have every arbitrary barrier thrown down. We would have every path laid open to woman as freely as to man.
Interpretation
The quote advocates for the removal of societal barriers that restrict women's opportunities.
Margaret Fuller's quote expresses a desire for complete equality between men and women, highlighting the importance of removing arbitrary barriers that hinder women's access to the same opportunities as men. It asserts that women should have unrestricted paths to pursue their ambitions and roles in society, emphasizing the necessity of true equality in every aspect of life.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech advocating for women's rights during a rally.
I fear I have not one good word to say this fair morning, though the sun shines so encouragingly on the distant hills and gentle river and the trees are in their festive hues. I am not festive, though contented. When obliged to give myself to the prose of life, as I am on this occasion of being established in a new home I like to do the thing, wholly and quite, - to weave my web for the day solely from the grey yarn.
Plants of great vigor will almost always struggle into blossom, despite impediments. But there should be encouragement, and a free genial atmosphere for those of more timid sort, fair play for each in its own kind.
Two persons love in one another the future good which they aid one another to unfold.
It was not meant that the soul should cultivate the earth, but that the earth should educate and maintain the soul.
It seems that it is madder never to abandon one's self than often to be infatuated; better to be wounded, a captive and a slave, than always to walk in armor.
I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own.
If you believe, as I do, that merit is equally distributed between the sexes, then any result that isn't around half and half should be troubling.
I believe women not just in the United States but throughout the world deserve equality and freedom but know I am in no position to tell women of other cultures what that equality and freedom should look like.
If a man can coach a female, why can't a female coach a male? When I was looking for a coach, the gender of the coach never occurred to me. It was about who I thought was good and who I could get along with and listen to.
Separate inherently is not equal. There's a reason why $45 million was spent against marriage equality. It's because people understand the word does have meaning. And equality comes when we accept the same notions and the same institutions for everyone, regardless of race and gender and regardless of sex orientation.
On the road to equality there is no better place for blacks to detour around American values than in forgoing its example in the treatment of its women and the organization of its family.
In addition to being an economic security issue, the failure to pay women a salary that's equal to men for equal work is also a women's health issue. The fact is that the salary women are paid directly impacts the type of health care services they are able to access for both themselves and their families.
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