Louisville Equal Rights Association Minute Book, 1889 July 5 (pt. 2)
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Louisville Equal Rights Association Minute Book, 1889 July 5 (pt. 2)
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The Filson Historical Society Special Collections
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Mss BJ L894
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of “Eminent Opinions on Woman Suffrage.” Among those given was that by Abraham Lincoln. “I go for all sharing the privileges of the Government who assist in sharing its burdens -by no means excluding Women.”
Plato has written that in the administration of a state, neither a woman, as a woman, nor a man, as a man, has any special functions, but the gifts are equally different in both sexes.
The exercises closed with a selection, read by Mrs Johnson, on the “Rights and Benefits Woman has gained in the Past Century.[”]
There being no unfinished business, the meeting adjourned.
of “Eminent Opinions on Woman Suffrage.” Among those given was that by Abraham Lincoln. “I go for all sharing the privileges of the Government who assist in sharing its burdens -by no means excluding Women.”
Plato has written that in the administration of a state, neither a woman, as a woman, nor a man, as a man, has any special functions, but the gifts are equally different in both sexes.
The exercises closed with a selection, read by Mrs Johnson, on the “Rights and Benefits Woman has gained in the Past Century.[”]
There being no unfinished business, the meeting adjourned.
Citation
Louisville Equal Rights Association, “Louisville Equal Rights Association Minute Book, 1889 July 5 (pt. 2),” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed April 27, 2024, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/846.