Quote#World
Marriage, to women as to men, must be a luxury, not a necessity; an…
Quote bySusan B. Anthony · 1820–1906
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech on Social Purity (Spring 1875).
English (original)
Marriage, to women as to men, must be a luxury, not a necessity; an incident of life, not all of it. And the only possible way to accomplish this great change is to accord to women equal power in the making, shaping and controlling of the circumstances of life.
— Susan B. Anthony
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