Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordinary useful work for which they are fitted. (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)

Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordinary useful work for which they are fitted.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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