Quote#Politics & Power
Through weary, wasting years men have destroyed, dashed in pieces,…
Quote byFrances Ellen Watkins Harper · 1825–1911
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Woman's Political Future" Speech (1893).
English (original)
Through weary, wasting years men have destroyed, dashed in pieces, and overthrown, but to-day we stand on the threshold of woman's era, and woman's work is grandly constructive. In her hand are possibilities whose use or abuse must tell upon the political life of the nation, and send their influence for good or evil across the track of unborn ages.
— Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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