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- A Slave's Appeal - 1860 by Elizabeth C. Stanton
- A Slave's Appeal by Elizabeth Cady Stanton to the Judiciary Committee of the New York State Legislature 1860 GENTLEMEN OF THE JUDICIARY: -- There are certain natural rights as inalienable to civilization as are the rights of air and motion to the savage in the wilderness. The natural rights of t...
- Address at the Women's Loyal National League - May 14, 1863 by Angelina E. Grimke-Weld
- Address at the Women's Loyal National League by Angelina Grimké Weld May 14, 1863 I came here with no desire and no intention to speak; but my heart is full, my country is bleeding, my people are perishing around me. But I feel as a South Carolinian, I am bound to tell the North, go on! go on...
- Address to the First Annual Meeting of the American Equal Rights Association - May 9, 1867 by Sojourner Truth
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- Equal Rights for Women - May 21, 1969 by Shirley Chisholm
- Equal Rights for Women Address to U.S. House of Representatives by Shirley Chisholm May 21, 1969 Washington, D.C. Mr.Speaker, when a young woman graduates from college and starts looking for a job, she is likely to have a frustrating and even demeaning experience ahead of her. If she walks into an...
- First Annual Vivian Malone Jones Lecture on Civil Rights - January 22, 2009 by Shirley Franklin
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- For the Equal Rights Amendment - August 10, 1970 by Shirley Chisholm
- For the Equal Rights Amendment by Shirley Chisholm August 10, 1970 Washington, D.C. Mr. Speaker, House Joint Resolution 264, before us today, which provides for equality under the law for both men and women, represents one of the most clear-cut opportunities we are likely to have to declare our fa...
- In Opposition to Alito - 2006 - January 26, 2006 by Blanche Lincoln
- Washington – In a midday speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) today announced her decision to oppose the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Alito was nominated by President Bush last October to fill the vacancy of retiring Supr...