"I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright."

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The strongest reason why we ask for woman a voice in the government under which she lives; in the religion she is asked to believe; equality in social life, where she is the chief factor; a place in the trades and professions, where she may earn her bread, is because of her birthright to self-sovereignty; because, as an individual, she must rely on herself.

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton