Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice. ”

Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development. ”

I shall not grow conservative with age. ”

Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordinary useful work for which they are fitted. ”

Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility. ”

The strongest reason for giving woman all the opportunities for higher education, for the full development of her faculties, her forces of mind and body... is the solitude and personal responsibility of her own individual life. ”