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Eslanda Goode Robeson (1895–1965)

Human Rights Peace & Pacifism Politics Science Social Reform

I am willing and eager to surrender as much of my personal sovereignty as is necessary, in order to secure […]
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Mother Clap (died c.1726)

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As for Mother Clap, she was present all the Time, except when she went out to fetch Liquors… The Company […]
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Sharley McLean (1923–2013)

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Born Lotte Reyersbach in Oldenburg, Germany in 1923, Sharley McLean arrived in England on the Kindertransport as a teenager. Both […]
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Emma Martin (1812-1851)

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Oh what a tissue of inconsistencies are the dogmas in which we have been reared! Emma Martin, God’s Gifts and […]
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Susannah Wright (1792 – ?)

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I have no desire… to bring the religion or the laws of this country into contempt, although I am a […]
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Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797)

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And how can woman be expected to co-operate unless she knows why she ought to be virtuous? Unless freedom strengthens […]
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Lady Florence Dixie (1855-1905)

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Those who, like myself, are in communication with the advanced thought and thinkers throughout the world know that hundreds —nay, […]
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Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy (1833-1918)

Atheism Education Ethical Movement Human Rights Politics Secularism Social Reform

… purely human and natural ethics, and not theology, was the source of this pioneer woman’s enthusiasm for justice, even […]
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Zona Vallance (1860-1904)

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Conscious morality cannot exist in any being except so far as it can look behind, before, and around; and can […]
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Sara A. Underwood (1838-1911)

Arts Atheism Ethical Movement Freedom of Belief Human Rights Philosophy Politics Science Social Reform

Man for man in larger sense does what heaven fails to do. Sara A. Underwood, quoted by Rufus K. Noyes […]
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Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797)

Lady Florence Dixie (1855-1905)

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Zona Vallance (1860-1904)

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