Quote#Wisdom
Savage tribes used physical force to manage their women. The club and…
Quote byRebecca Latimer Felton · 1835–1930
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: 'Why I Am a Suffragist? essay, dated May 14, 1915. Cornerstones of Georgia History, p. 165..
English (original)
Savage tribes used physical force to manage their women. The club and the lash were their only arguments. Moslem fanatics go a step further in saying women have no souls.
— Rebecca Latimer Felton
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