If no one will promote or respect us, let us promote and respect ourselves. –Maria W. Stewart, 1831
Maria W. Stewart
If no one will promote or respect us, let us promote and respect ourselves. –Maria W. Stewart, 1831
In the 1830s, Maria W. Stewart, a free black abolitionist and feminist from Boston, was the first American woman to break a prevalent taboo of her era by giving public speeches to mixed audiences of men and women.
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I love this! It would be great to see this as a quote embroidered or something!
I love this quote!