Quote#Art
This world taught woman nothing skillful and then said her work was…
Quote byCarrie Chapman Catt · 1859–1947
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: From a 1902 speech as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association quoted in "The Wings of Dawn" by Louise Scarmato (2013).
English (original)
This world taught woman nothing skillful and then said her work was valueless. It permitted her no opinions and said she did not know how to think. It forbade her to speak in public, and said the sex had no orators. It denied her the schools, and said the sex had no genius. It robbed her of every vestige of responsibility & then called her weak.
— Carrie Chapman Catt
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