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as quoted in "Common Sense" Applied to Woman Suffrage by Mary Putnam Jacobi (1894)as quoted in Feminism: The Essential Historical Writings by Miriam Schnier (1972)As quoted in History of Woman Suffrage by Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and herself (1882)as quoted in History of Woman Suffrage by herself, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage (1881)as quoted in History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 2 by Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and herself (1882)

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It is impossible for one class to appreciate the wrongs of another.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902), U.S. suffragist, social reformer, and author, Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906), U.S. suffragist, author, and social reformer, and Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826–1898), U.S. suffragist, author, and social reformer. History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 2, ch. 19 (1882).

By "wrongs of," they meant "wrongs suffered by."

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