Louisville Equal Rights Association Minute Book, 1889 April 18 (pt. 3)
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Louisville Equal Rights Association Minute Book, 1889 April 18 (pt. 3)
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The Filson Historical Society Special Collections
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Mss BJ L894
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one of our Grandmothers, Abigail Adams who was Wife of one President, and Mother of another, to her Husband, John Adams: -In the new code of laws which it will be necessary for you to make, I desire that you would remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited powers in the hands of the Husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”
The article on “Self Control” by Mrs. M. E. Holden, urged that of allpowers, that self control should be most earnestly cultivated. -In the child, by the Parents, and that we should all of us discipline ourselves in little victories over little conflicts, until the gradual subjugation of our impulses to our judgment has developed wisdom.
In the extract from “Duties of Women” by Francis Power Cobb, women were advised caution in dealing with the physician. -To exercise their own judgment as to their physical conditions
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one of our Grandmothers, Abigail Adams who was Wife of one President, and Mother of another, to her Husband, John Adams: -In the new code of laws which it will be necessary for you to make, I desire that you would remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited powers in the hands of the Husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”
The article on “Self Control” by Mrs. M. E. Holden, urged that of allpowers, that self control should be most earnestly cultivated. -In the child, by the Parents, and that we should all of us discipline ourselves in little victories over little conflicts, until the gradual subjugation of our impulses to our judgment has developed wisdom.
In the extract from “Duties of Women” by Francis Power Cobb, women were advised caution in dealing with the physician. -To exercise their own judgment as to their physical conditions
(cont'd on next page)
Citation
Louisville Equal Rights Association, “Louisville Equal Rights Association Minute Book, 1889 April 18 (pt. 3),” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed April 25, 2024, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/834.