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Both church and state claiming to be of divine origin have assumed divine right of man over woman while church and state have thought for man, man has assumed the right to think for woman.

Matilda Joslyn Gage

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Matilda Joslyn Gage
Age: 71 †
Born: 1826
Born: March 24
Died: 1898
Died: March 18
Activist
Editor
Feminist
Journalist
Suffragette
Writer
Cicero
New York
Matilda Electa Joslyn
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