When women understand that governments and religions are human inventions; that Bibles, prayer-books, catechisms, and encyclical letters are all emanations from the brains of man, they will no longer be oppressed by the injunctions that come to them with the divine authority of *Thus sayeth the Lord.*
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About Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a 19th-century American suffragist. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-19th century. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Politics — Governance, civic duty, and the structures of power