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That a majority of women do not wish for any important change in…

Quote byLydia Maria Child · 1802–1880

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to the Advocates of Woman’s Suffrage (1870)..

English (original)

That a majority of women do not wish for any important change in their social and civil condition, merely proves that they are the unreflecting slaves of custom.

— Lydia Maria Child

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