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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.

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 ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.
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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 wife who submits to sexual intercourse against her wishes or desires, virtually commits suicide while the husband who compels it, commits murder.
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Every woman knows that if she were free, she would never bear an unwished-for child nor think of murdering one before its birth.
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