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Abolicionista e sufragista americana (1818-1893)
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Join the roomLucy Stone foi uma oradora, abolicionista e sufragista americana que foi uma defensora vocal e organizadora da promoção dos direitos das mulheres. Em 1847, Stone tornou-se a primeira mulher de Massachusetts a obter um diploma universitário. Ela defendeu os direitos das mulheres e fez campanha contra a escravidão. Stone era conhecida por usar seu nome de nascimento, após o casamento, contrário ao costume das mulheres adotarem o sobrenome do marido.
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“This letter writing is a miserable way of communicating, after all, though I would not on any account be deprived of it. But when ones soul is full, and only a little sheet, to put it into, it is so aggravating. There are so many things I want to say, and feel with you, that I dont know where to begin.”
“Too much has already been said and written about "women's sphere". Leave women, then, to find their sphere.”
“All over this land women have no political existence. Laws pass over our heads that we can not unmake. Our property is taken from us without our consent. The babes we bear in anguish and carry in our arms are not ours.”
“I believe that the influence of woman will save the country before every other power.”
“We believe in marriage for life, and deprecate all this loose, pestiferous talk in favor of easy divorce... Be not deceived — free love means free lust.”
“We have every reason to rejoice when there are so many gains and when favorable conditions abound on every hand. The end is not yet in sight, but it can not be far away. The road before us is shorter than the road behind.”
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