Quotes by Anna Howard Shaw

Anna Howard Shaw

American activist and leader of the women's suffrage movement

Lived from: 1847 - 1919

Category: Politics

Born: 14 february 1847 Died: 2 july 1919

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  • A gentleman opposed to their enfranchisement once said to me, women have never produced anything of any value to the world. I told him the chief product of the women had been the men, and left it to him to decide whether the product was of any value.
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  • If the women of the United States, with their free schools and all their enlarged liberties, are not superior to women brought up under monarchical forms of government, then there is no good in liberty.
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  • If we ever get to the polls once, you will never get us home.
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  • Now one of two things is true: Either a republic is a desirable form of government, or else it is not.
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  • The idealists dream and the dream is told, and the practical men listen and ponder and bring back the truth and apply it to human life, and progress and growth and higher human ideals come into being and so the world moves ever on.
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  • Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox.
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What are the most famous quotes from Anna Howard Shaw?

The two most famous quotes from Anna Howard Shaw are:

  • "A gentleman opposed to their enfranchisement once said to me, women have never produced anything of any value to the world. I told him the chief product of the women had been the men, and left it to him to decide whether the product was of any value."
  • "If the women of the United States, with their free schools and all their enlarged liberties, are not superior to women brought up under monarchical forms of government, then there is no good in liberty."

When did Anna Howard Shaw live?

Anna Howard Shaw was born in 1847 and died in the year 1919.