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The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Age: 87 †
Born: 1815
Born: January 1
Died: 1902
Died: October 26
Abolitionist
Activist
Feminist
Suffragist
Writer
Johnstown
New York
Sacrificed
Mom
Wife
Woman
Mother
Uniformly

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