“If the women of the United States, with their free schools and all their enlarged liberties, are not superior to women brought upunder monarchical forms of government, then there is no good in liberty.”
Quote by Anna Howard Shaw
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Anna Howard Shaw
Anna Howard Shaw (February 14, 1847 – July 2, 1919) was an American physician, minister, and women's suffrage leader. Born in England, she immigrated to the United States as a child and overcame poverty to become one of the first female ministers in the Methodist Church. She later earned a medical degree and practiced as a doctor. Shaw was a prominent orator and president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association from 1904 to 1915, advocating for women's voting rights. Her life exemplified dedication to gender equality and social reform. more
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