Life and writings of Amelia BloomerBloomer, D. C. (Dexter C.)
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Life and writings of Amelia Bloomer
Bloomer, D. C. (Dexter C.)
Bloomer, Amelia Jenks, 1818-1894; Women's rights -- United States
the triumph of the principles which lie at the foundation of the
so-called ‘Woman’s Rights’ reform.”
WOMAN’S RIGHT.
“Woman _has_ a right to vote for civil officers, to hold offices,
and so rule over men. If any law against it exists in the Bible, it
has been overruled by divine sanction. Deborah ruled Israel forty
years and, instead of being told she was out of her sphere, that
she had usurped authority over men, we are assured that she was
highly approved and that she ruled wisely and well. No one calls
in question the right of Queen Victoria to rule over her kingdom
notwithstanding there are some men in it; nor do we believe, if
she is a wise and faithful sovereign, that she will be condemned
at the last great day for thus ruling over men. What was right for
Deborah was right for Queen Victoria. If it is right for Victoria
to sit on the throne of England it is right for any American Woman
to occupy the Presidential Chair at Washington. All that is needed
is votes enough to elevate her to that post of honor and of trust
and sufficient ability to discharge its duties. Of the latter
requisite, judging from some of those who have already occupied
that seat, no great amount is demanded.”
WOMAN’S CLAIM.
“A correspondent asks what it is that we and other advocates of
woman’s rights want?
“We answer, we claim all the rights guaranteed by the Constitution
of the United States to the citizens of the republic. We claim to
be one-half of the people of the United States, and we deny the
right of the other half to disfranchise us.”
DESTROYING LIQUOR.
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