Quote by Lucretia Mott
The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation bec

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. – Lucretia Mott

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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. – Lucretia Mott

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Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men — bring them softness, teach them how to cry. – Joan Baez, “Sexism Seen but not Heard,” Los Angeles Times, 1974

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The only jobs for which no man is qualified are human incubators and wet nurse. Likewise, the only job for which no woman is or can be qualified is sperm donor. – Wilma Scott Heide

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Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. – Joseph Conrad

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Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. – Timothy Leary

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