The main cause is a pernicious falsehood propagated against her being, namely that she is inferior by her nature. Inferior in what? What has man ever done that woman, under the same advantages could not do?
Ernestine RoseRead
But say some, would you expose woman to the contact of rough, rude, drinking, swearing, fighting men at the ballot box? What a humiliating confession lies in this plea for keeping woman in the background!
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote questions the marginalization of women in society, particularly in the context of voting.
Ernestine Rose critiques the argument that women should be kept away from politics and the ballot box due to the perceived roughness of men involved. She highlights the hypocrisy in suggesting that women are too delicate to engage in the political process, revealing a deeper societal issue regarding gender equality and the need for women's active participation in public life.
Themes
WomenPoliticsEqualityVotingEmpowermentSociety
In practice
Example use cases
During a women's rights rally, this quote can highlight the importance of female participation in politics.
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All quotes →For here lies the corner stone of all the injustices done woman, the wrong idea from which all other wrongs proceed. She is not acknowledged as mistress of herself. For her cradle to her grave she is another's. We do indeed need and demand the other rights of which I have spoken, but let us first obtain OURSELVES.
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Again, I shall be told that the law presumes the husband to be kind, affectionate, and ready to provide for and protect his wife. But what right, I ask, has the law to presume at all on the subject?
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Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters.
Ernestine RoseRead
It is high time to compel man by the might of right to give woman her political, legal and social rights. She will find her own sphere in accordance with her capacities, powers and tastes; and yet she will be woman still.
Ernestine RoseRead
All that I can tell you is, that I used my humble powers to the uttermost, and raised my voice in behalf of Human Rights in general, and the elevation and Rights of Woman in particular, nearly all my life.
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