“If women want any rights more than they've got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it.”

Expressing her practical, uncompromising approach to women’s rights · Speech, as reported in contemporary accounts

• Action
• Courage
• Women

“I am glad to see that men are getting their rights, but I want women to get theirs, and while the water is stirring I will step into the pool.”

A resolute call for women to claim equality rather than wait for permission · Speech, 1867

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• Equality
• Justice