Quote#Politics & Power
A Senator of the U.S., a woman, is still a sort of political joke…
Quote byRebecca Latimer Felton · 1835–1930
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Nov. 7, 1922 ..
English (original)
A Senator of the U.S., a woman, is still a sort of political joke with our masculine leaders in party politics.. But the trail has been blazed! The road is apparently rough—maybe rocky—but the trail has been located. It is an established fact. While it is also a romantic adventure, it will ever remain an historical precedent—never to be erased.
— Rebecca Latimer Felton
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