I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.

Quote by Susan B Anthony

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I beg you to speak of Woman as you do of the Negro, speak of...

I beg you to speak of Woman as you do of the Negro, speak of...

Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more...

Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more...

Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I...

Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I...

I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but...

I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but...

No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent.

No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent.

I don't want to die as long as I can work; the minute I can...

I don't want to die as long as I can work; the minute I can...

This is rather different from the receptions I used to get fifty years ago. They...

This is rather different from the receptions I used to get fifty years ago. They...

Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.

Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.

If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to...

If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to...

I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because...

I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because...

Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.

Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.

Women, we might as well be dogs baying the moon as petitioners without the right...

Women, we might as well be dogs baying the moon as petitioners without the right...

Oh, if I could but live another century and see the fruition of all the...

Oh, if I could but live another century and see the fruition of all the...

The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at...

The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at...

Failure is impossible.

Failure is impossible.

Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the...

Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the...

I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is:...

I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is:...

I do not consider divorce an evil by any means. It is just as much...

I do not consider divorce an evil by any means. It is just as much...

Suffrage is the pivotal right.

Suffrage is the pivotal right.

The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world;...

The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world;...