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16th century (1727)(c. 1791)(1872)as quoted in Aspirations and Mentoring in an Academic Environment by Mary Niles Maack and Joanne Passet (1994)

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It is as absurd to say that [due to motherhood] all women shall be denied the suffrage, as it would be to deny all men the suffrage, because some are liable, periodically, to inflammatory rheumatism, delirium tremens, or financial failure.

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Anonymous, U.S. women's magazine contributor. The Revolution (February 17, 1870). . . .

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