Woman's degradation is in man's idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customers, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Topic

Gender relations Men and women Oppression of women

Author

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1860 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Women's rights activist Writer Activist

From

United States

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Citation

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. Letter to Susan B. Anthony. 14 June 1860.

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John Ruskin

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Taste
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John Ruskin
Medium
Lecture
Language
English
Time
1864 1860s 19th century
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Ruskin, John. "Traffic." c. 1864, Town Hall, Bradford, England, UK. Lecture.

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Ruskin, John. Traffic. Penguin UK, 2015.

Another quote about Men and women

When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy that it implies, then the "division" of humanity will reveal its genuine significance and the human couple will find its true form.

Simone de Beauvoir

The Second Sex

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Women's equality Men and women

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Simone de Beauvoir
Source
The Second Sex
Genre
Historical literature Feminist literature
Language
French
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
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Original Citation

De Beauvoir, Simone. Le Deuxième Sexe [The Second Sex]. Vol. 2, Gallimard, 1949.

Current Citation

De Beauvoir, Simone. The Second Sex, translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier. Vintage, 2011.

Another quote from 1860

In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt as injustice.

Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

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Childhood

Author

Charles Dickens
Source
Great Expectations
Medium
Novel
Genre
Coming of age story
Language
English
Time
1860 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. "Great Expectations." All the Year Round. London: Chapman and Hall, 29 Dec. 1860, issue 5, ch. 8.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 8.