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Quote by Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi

“To-day women constitute the only class of sane people excluded from the franchise.”

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Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi was an accomplished American physician, born on August 31, 1842, and died on June 10, 1906. She is renowned for her contributions to the fields of gynecology and public health. more

“No matter how well-born, how intelligent, how highly educated, how virtuous, how rich, how refined, the women of to-day constitutea political class below that of every man, no matter how base-born, how stupid, how ignorant, how vicious, how poverty-stricken, how brutal. The pauper in the almshouse may vote; the lady who devotes her philanthropic thought to making that almshouse habitable, may not. The tramp who begs cold victuals in the kitchen may vote; the heiress who feeds him and endows universities may not.”

“Day by day, dear Lord, of thee three things I pray: to see thee more clearly, love thee more dearly, follow thee more nearly, day by day.”

Three Prayer Lord Praying Dear Thee Three Things I Pray Dear Lord

Author:Richard of Chichester

“The tension to mother the "right" way can leave a peculiar silence within mother daughter relationships--the silence of a mother'sown truth and experience. Within this silence, a daughter's authentic voice can also fall silent. This is the silence of perfection. This silence of perfection prevents mothers from listening and learning from their daughters.”

Way Mother Fall Voice Silence Listening Daughter Perfection Silent Tension Peculiar Right Way Mother Daughter Mother Daughter Relationship

Author:Elizabeth Debold

“We must all die. There's nothing terrible about death. But to live on after death, a soul, earthbound, a vampire--you don't wish any such fate for your beloved.”

Soul Death Dies Wish Fate Terrible Vampire Beloved After Death

Author:Guy Endore

“On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of mass destruction.”

War Particular Findings Weapons Mass Destruction Related Justification Weapons Of Mass Destruction Mass Destruction

Author:Stephen Harper

“I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.”

Mystery Dislike Muddle

Author:David Lean

“I never had the sense of myself as an accomplished artist, and I always had to work three times as hard as anyone else to make mypieces as good as they could be. I am never completely satisfied. There always seems to be something just beyond my reach.”

Hard Seems Artist Three Satisfied Accomplished Three Times

Author:Toshiko Takaezu

“I have a huge need for financial security; the emigrant in me has a fear of ending up homeless and in the gutter.”

Needs Fear Security Huge Financial Homeless Gutters Financial Security

Author:Ruth Behar

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