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“If society will not admit of woman's free development, then society must be remodeled.”

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Elizabeth Blackwell, born on February 3, 1821, and died on May 31, 1910, was an outstanding American medical doctor. She was the first woman in the world to receive a medical degree, profoundly influencing the status of women in the medical field. more

“I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people. I am not unaware that leaders betray, and sell out, and play false. But this knowledge does not outweigh the fact that my class, the working class, is exploited, driven, fought back with the weapon of starvation, with guns and with venal courts whenever they strike for conditions more human, more civilized for their children, and for their children's children.”

People Humans Children Doe Play Facts Leader Class Knowledge History Conditions Weapons Gun Blind Sells Court Strikes Driven Civilized Betray Working Class Starvation Shortcomings

Author:Mother Jones

“Let us be patient with one another, And even patient with ourselves. We have a long, long way to go. So let us hasten along the road, The road of human tenderness and generosity. Groping, we may find one another's hands in the dark.”

Way Humans May Long Hands Dark History Patient Generosity Tenderness Long Way Be Patient Long Way To Go

Author:Emily Greene Balch

“Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and an expression of energy associated with it.”

Life Is Energy History Expression Universal Hunger Universal Energy

Author:Mary Ritter Beard

“Since history has no properly scientific value, its only purpose is educative. And if historians neglect to educate the public, if they fail to interest it intelligently in the past, then all their historical learning is valueless except in so far as it educates themselves.”

Ifs Past Purpose Values Interest History Failing Historical Neglect Historian Educate Valueless

Author:G. M. Trevelyan

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