The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion. Elizabeth Cady Stanton More Quotes by Elizabeth Cady Stanton More Quotes From Elizabeth Cady Stanton The first step in the elevation of women under all systems of religion is to convince them that the great Spirit of the Universe is in no way responsible for any of these absurdities. Elizabeth Cady Stanton steps way firsts Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement. Elizabeth Cady Stanton proud feels sex When women can support themselves, have entry to all the trades and professions, with a house of their own over their heads and a bank account, they will own their bodies and be dictators in the social realm. Elizabeth Cady Stanton support feminist house When we consider that women are treated as property it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit. Elizabeth Cady Stanton abortion pro-life children Womanhood is the great fact in her life; wifehood and motherhood are but incidental relations. Elizabeth Cady Stanton motherhood relation facts While women were tortured, drowned and burned by the thousands, scarce one wizard to a hundred was ever condemned ... The same distinction of sex appears in our own day. One code of morals for men, another for women. Elizabeth Cady Stanton wizards men sex Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees. Elizabeth Cady Stanton tree littles men Religious superstitions more than all other influences put together cripple & enslave woman, but so long as women themselves do not see it & hug their chains, we have a great educational work to do. Elizabeth Cady Stanton educational religious long 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 punishment self law [On women's role in the home:] Every wife, mother and housekeeper feels at present that there is some screw loose in the household situation. Elizabeth Cady Stanton women mother home Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development. Elizabeth Cady Stanton increase proportion development To develop our real selves, we need time alone for thought and meditation. To be always giving out and never pumping in, the well runs dry. Elizabeth Cady Stanton real self running Woman's degradation is in mans idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man. Elizabeth Cady Stanton women rights law Woman has been the great unpaid laborer of the world. Elizabeth Cady Stanton laborers has-beens world When I first heard from the lips of Lucretia Mott that I had the same right to think for myself that Luther, Calvin, and John Knox had, and the same right to be guided by my own convictions, and would no doubt live a higher, happier life than if guided by theirs, it was like suddenly coming into the rays of the noon-day sun, after wandering with a rushlight in the caves the earth. Elizabeth Cady Stanton atheism doubt thinking Every truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone. Elizabeth Cady Stanton truth giving world Though motherhood is the most important of all the professions - requiring more knowledge than any other department in human affairs - there was no attention given to preparation for this office. Elizabeth Cady Stanton motherhood preparation office The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation. Elizabeth Cady Stanton biblical block bible ... so long as woman labors to second man's endeavors and exalt his sex above her own, her virtues pass unquestioned; but when shedares to demand rights and privileges for herself, her motives, manners, dress, personal appearance, and character are subjects for ridicule and detraction. Elizabeth Cady Stanton character men sex I decline to accept Hebrew mythology as a guide to twentieth-century science. Elizabeth Cady Stanton hebrew atheism accepting
