Lucretia Mott

Activist

1793-01-03

Books by Lucretia Mott

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In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.
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In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.
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Learning, while at school, that the charge for the education of girls was the same as that for boys, and that, when they became teachers, women received only half as much as men for their services, the injustice of this distinction was so apparent.
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Those who read the Scriptures and judge for themselves, not resting satisfied with the perverted application of the text, do not find the distinction that theology and ecclesiastical authorities have made in the condition of the sexes.
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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.
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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.
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Let woman then go on-not asking favors, but claiming as a right the removal of all hindrances to her elevation in the scale of being. Let her receive encouragement for the proper cultivation of her powers, so that she may enter profitably into the active business of life.
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