But it will be said that the husband provides for the wife, or in other words, he feeds, clothes and shelters her! I wish I had the power to make every one before me fully realize the degradation contained in that idea. Ernestine Rose More Quotes by Ernestine Rose More Quotes From Ernestine Rose If God is pleased in making you sick and unhappy, I hate God. Ernestine Rose atheism sick hate The main cause is a pernicious falsehood propagated against her being, namely that she is inferior by her nature. Inferior in what? What has man ever done that woman, under the same advantages could not do? Ernestine Rose causes done men Much is said about the burdens and responsibilities of married men. Responsibilities indeed there are, if they but felt them: but as to burdens what are they? Ernestine Rose married responsibility men It is high time to compel man by the might of right to give woman her political, legal and social rights. She will find her own sphere in accordance with her capacities, powers and tastes; and yet she will be woman still. Ernestine Rose rights giving men But say some, would you expose woman to the contact of rough, rude, drinking, swearing, fighting men at the ballot box? What a humiliating confession lies in this plea for keeping woman in the background! Ernestine Rose fighting drinking lying From the cradle to the grave she is subject to the power and control of man. Father, guardian, or husband, one conveys her like some piece of merchandise over to the other. Ernestine Rose husband men father All that I can tell you is, that I used my humble powers to the uttermost, and raised my voice in behalf of Human Rights in general, and the elevation and Rights of Woman in particular, nearly all my life. Ernestine Rose voice rights humble I know that some endeavor to throw the mantle of romance over the subject and treat woman like some ideal existence, not liable to the ills of life. Let those deal in fancy who have nothing better to deal in; we have to do with sober, sad realities, with stubborn facts. Ernestine Rose stubborn romance reality If they are unsuccessful in married life, who suffers more the bitter consequences of poverty than the wife? But if successful, she has not a dollar to call her own. Ernestine Rose wife successful suffering And when your minister asks you for money for missionary purposes, tell him there are higher, and holier, and nobler missions to be performed at home. When he asks for colleges to educate ministers, tell him you must educate woman, that she may do away with the necessity of ministers, so that they may be able to go to some useful employment. Ernestine Rose atheism college home Slavery and freedom cannot exist together. Ernestine Rose slavery-freedom slavery together What rights have women? ... [they are] punished for breaking laws which they have no voice in making. All avenues to enterprise and honors are closed against them. If poor, they must drudge for a mere pittance if of the wealthy classes, they must be dressed dolls of fashion parlor puppets. Ernestine Rose fashion rights law Again, I shall be told that the law presumes the husband to be kind, affectionate, and ready to provide for and protect his wife. But what right, I ask, has the law to presume at all on the subject? Ernestine Rose wife husband law Fathers like to have children good-natured, well-behaved, and comfortable, but how to put them in that desirable condition is out of their philosophy. Ernestine Rose philosophy father children Do you not yet understand what has made woman what she is? Then see what the sickly taste and perverted judgment of man now admires in woman. Ernestine Rose taste made men The few bright meteors in man's intellectual horizon could well be matched by women, were she allowed to occupy the same elevated position. Ernestine Rose horizon intellectual men Why should women not be a martyr for her cause? Ernestine Rose martyr causes should Away with that folly that her rights would be detrimental to her character - that if she were recognized as the equal to a man she would cease to be a woman! Ernestine Rose rights character men In case of separation, why should the children be taken from the protecting care of the mother? Who has a better right to them than she? How much do fathers generally do toward bringing them up? Ernestine Rose mother father children We have hardly an adequate idea how all-powerful law is in forming public opinion, in giving tone and character to the mass of society. Ernestine Rose powerful law character