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I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.

Victoria Woodhull

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Victoria Woodhull
Age: 89 †
Born: 1838
Born: January 1
Died: 1927
Died: January 1
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While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.
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I and others of my sex find ourselves controlled by a form of government in the inauguration of which we had no voice.
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I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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I know that my companions from the moment of birth were heaven's choicest souls. I grew side by side with them, in fact all the education and inspiration came over them.
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So after all I am a very promiscuous free lover. I want the love of you all, promiscuously.
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Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.
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By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States?
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Women have no government.
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It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love.
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Why is a woman to be treated differently? Woman suffrage will succeed, despite this miserable guerilla opposition.
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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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