Anna Howard Shaw

Activist

1847-02-14 – 1919-07-02

Anna Howard Shaw was a British-born American physician, suffragist, and leader in the woman suffrage movement.

Quotes by Anna Howard Shaw

Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox.
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Before I had crossed the threshold of my church I was made to realize that I was shepherd of a divided flock.
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Around me I saw women overworked and underpaid, doing men's work at half men's wages, not because their work was inferior, but because they were women.
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