White men have always controlled their wives' wages. Colored men were not able to do so until they themselves became free. Then they owned both their wives and their wages.

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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...

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;...

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

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

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 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...

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.

Independence is happiness.

Independence is happiness.

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...

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the...

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the...

I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do...

I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do...

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...

Suffrage is the pivotal right.

Suffrage is the pivotal right.

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...

The bicycle has done more for the emancipation of women than anything else in the...

The bicycle has done more for the emancipation of women than anything else in the...

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations... can never effect a reform.

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations... can never effect a reform.

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 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...

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...