Quotation by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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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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The most fitting monuments this nation can build are schoolhouses and homes for those who do the work of the world. It is no answer to say that they are accustomed to rags and hunger. In this world of plenty every human being has a right to food, clothes, decent shelter, and the rudiments of education.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902), U.S. suffragist, author, and social reformer. Eighty Years and More (1815-1897), ch. 24 (1898).

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