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I do not demand equal pay for any women save those who do equal work in value. Scorn to be coddled by your employers; make them understand that you are in their service as workers, not as women.

— Susan B. Anthony

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Woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself.

I want you to understand that I never could have done the work I have if I had not had this woman at my right hand.

I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do to their fellows, because it always coincides with their own desires.

I do not ask the clemency of the court. I came into it to get justice, having failed in this, I demand the full rigors of the law.

Trial on the charge of illegal voting (1874)

The one distinct feature of our Association has been the right of the individual opinion for every member.

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