There are but three generations in America from shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves.

Andrew Carnegie

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Topic

Social mobility

Author

Andrew Carnegie

Source

Triumphant Democracy

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1886 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Industrialist Businessperson

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Carnegie, Andrew. Triumphant Democracy. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886, ch. 16.

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In the true marriage relation, the independence of the husband and wife is equal, the dependence mutual and their obligations reciprocal.

Lucretia Mott

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Topic
Equality in relationships Marriage Men and women

Author

Lucretia Mott
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1880 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Mott, Lucretia. Spoken by Mott and written down by Susan B. Anthony. c. 1829.