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Quote for Sunday, March 6, 2011

mawheel
13 years ago

If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we ae determined to foment a rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.

~~Abigail Adams, 1776 (in a letter to her husband)

Comments (5)

  • anneliese_32
    13 years ago

    Took a while longer though and some people still wish that it would not have happened.

  • oscarthecat
    13 years ago

    Tell 'em Abigail. Steve in Baltimore Md.

  • lilod
    13 years ago

    It was a long and hard struggle, let's be sure no one tries to reverse it

  • ejmoore510
    13 years ago

    Great quote.

  • mawheel
    Original Author
    13 years ago

    It took a lot longer than Abigail wanted, I imagine! In fact, I have a quote I should have posted with that one, so here it is:

    "Why should we pay taxes when we have no part in the honors, the commands, the state craft for which you contend?

    ~~Hortensia, Speech before the Roman Triumvirate, 42 B.C. Italy

    and that's quite a few years before 1776!

    In the last day or so, a new poll shows that while women are now in the majority in so many areas, they still lag behind men in terms of salary.

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