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Solitude of Self

Elizabeth Cady Stanton believed this to be the most important speech of her lifetime. With gorgeous and direct language, she presents a compassionate appeal for human equality and dignity, and she addresses the importance of solitude in the lives of women

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“To deny political equality is to rob the ostracised of all self-respect; of credit in the market place; of recompense in the world of work; of a voice among those who make and administer the law; a choice in the jury before whom they are tried, and in the judge who decides their punishment.”

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton, amazon.com

Tagged: Equality, Political Equality, punishment, Self-Respect

“No mortal ever has been, no mortal ever will be like the soul just launched on the sea of life.”

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton, amazon.com

Tagged: newborn, Soul, Sea of Life

“The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self-dependence must give each individual the right, to choose his own surroundings.”

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton, amazon.com

Tagged: Isolation, Self-Reliance, Individualism, Choice

“No matter how much women prefer to lean, to be protected and supported, nor how much men desire to have them do so, they must make the voyage of life alone, and for safety in an emergency they must know something of the laws of navigation.”

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton, amazon.com

Tagged: feminism, Patriarchy, Dependence, Misogyny

“Whatever the theories may be of woman’s dependence on man, in the supreme moments of her life he can not bear her burdens. Alone she goes to the gates of death to give life to every man that is born into the world. No one can share her fears, no one can mitigate her pangs; and if her sorrow is great…”

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton, amazon.com

Tagged: Patriarchy, Dependence, Oppression, Misogyny