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Woman stock is rising in the market. I shall not live to see women vote, but I'll come and rap on the ballot box.

Lydia M. Child

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Lydia M. Child
Age: 78 †
Born: 1802
Born: January 1
Died: 1880
Died: January 1
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Medford
Massachusetts
Lydia Maria Francis Child
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a great mind can attend to little things, but a little mind cannot attend to great things.
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Yours for the unshackled exercise of every faculty by every human being.
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Thy treasures of gold Are dim with the blood of the hearts thou hast sold Thy home may be lovely, but round it I hear The crack of the whip, and the footsteps of fear.
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