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Sun, Mar 6, 11 at 5:59
| 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) |
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- Posted by anneliese_32 6 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 6, 11 at 6:26
| Took a while longer though and some people still wish that it would not have happened. |
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- Posted by oscarthecat z7MD (My Page) on Sun, Mar 6, 11 at 8:32
| Tell 'em Abigail. Steve in Baltimore Md. |
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| It was a long and hard struggle, let's be sure no one tries to reverse it |
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- Posted by ejmoore510 7 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 6, 11 at 12:41
| Great quote. |
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| 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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