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I supposed that to marry was to be transported to a heaven not only of happiness but of purity and perfection.
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 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 do not intend to be made the scapegoat of sacrifice, to be offered up as a victim to society.
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there are scores of thousands of women who are denominated prostitutes, and who are supported by hundreds of thousands of men who should, for like reasons, also be denominated prostitutes, since what will change a woman into a prostitute must also necessarily change a man into the same.
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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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