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Every discrimination against women in the constitutions and laws of…
Quote bySusan B. Anthony · 1820–1906
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Woman's Rights to the Suffrage Speech (1873).
English (original)
Every discrimination against women in the constitutions and laws of the several States is today null and void, precisely as in every one against Negroes.
— Susan B. Anthony
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