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“We want rights. The flour merchant, the house-builder, and the postman charge us no less on account of our sex; but when we endeavor to earn money to pay all these, then, indeed, we find the interest.”

Quote by Lucy Stone

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Lucy Stone was a prominent American activist for women's rights and abolition in the 19th century. Born on August 13, 1818, and died on October 19, 1893, Stone was the first woman to graduate from a college and the first to publicly speak out against the constraints of marriage for women. She dedicated herself to the fight for women's suffrage and educational equality, leaving a profound impact on the women's rights movement in the United States. more

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