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I ask no favors for my sex. I surrender not our claim to equality.…

Quote bySarah Grimké · 1792–1873

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Woman (1837), Letter 2 (July 17, 1837)..

English (original)

I ask no favors for my sex. I surrender not our claim to equality. All I ask of our brethren is, that they will take their feet from off our necks, and permit us to stand upright on that ground which God designed us to occupy.

— Sarah Grimké

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