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Let women issue a declaration of independence sexually, and absolutely refuse to cohabit with men until they are acknowledged as equals in everything, and the victory would be won in a single week.
Victoria Woodhull
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Victoria Woodhull
Age: 89 †
Born: 1838
Born: January 1
Died: 1927
Died: January 1
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I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.
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All talk of women's rights is moonshine. Women have every right. They have only to exercise them.
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The women of the country have the power in their own hands, in spite of the law and the government being altogether of the male order.
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While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.
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I do not intend to be made the scapegoat of sacrifice, to be offered up as a victim to society.
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When I first saw the light of day on this planet, it seemed as if I had been rudely awakened from a death-like sleep.
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One of the charges made against me is that I lived in the same house with my former husband, Dr. Woodhull, and my present husband, Col. Blood. The fact is a fact.
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Political matters are developing so fast that we must not let a single thing slip without use.
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Hundreds, thousands, aye, millions of human beings, men, women and children, wander the streets of our cities and the highways of our country, hungry, ragged and cold, vainly seeking in this land of plenty, where physical want should be unknown.
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The will of the entire people is the true basis of republican government, and a free expression . . . by the public vote of all citizens, without distinctions of race, color, occupation, or sex, is the only means by which that will can be ascertained.
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