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About Antoinette Brown Blackwell

Antoinette Brown Blackwell was American philosopher. Antoinette Louisa Brown, later Antoinette Brown Blackwell, was the first woman to be ordained as a mainstream Protestant minister in the United States. She was a well-versed public speaker on the paramount issues of her time and distinguished herself from her contemporaries with her use of religious faith in her efforts to expand women's rights. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Work — The value of effort, discipline, and meaningful labour

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“There were angry men confronting me and I caught the flashing of defiant eyes but above me and within me there was a spirit stronger than them all.”
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“A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any successor she takes little pains to mark the route by which s...”
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“The sexes in each species of beings . . . are always true equivalents-equals but not identicals.”
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“Nature is just enough but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.”
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“The brain is not and cannot be the sole or complete organ of thought and feeling.”
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