“...the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.”

“There shall never be another season of silence until women have the same rights men have on this green earth.”

“Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.”

“The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more: women, their rights and nothing less.”

“I pray every single moment of my life; not on my knees but with my work. My prayer is to lift women to equality with men. Work and worship are one with me.”

“When a man says to me, 'Let us work together in the great cause you have undertaken, and let me be your companion and aid, for I admire you more than I have ever admired any other woman,' then I shall say, 'I am yours truly'; but he must ask me to be his equal, not his slave.”

“Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel…the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood.”