"Victor Hugo in alluding to this effort on the part of woman for the redress of the wrongs and grievances under which she had suffered, says, that as the last age was notable for the effort to gain Men’s Rights, so the present generation would aim to create a revolution in public sentiment which should gain the independence of woman."
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Lucretia Mott, "Put Woman on a Par With Man" (October 1853)
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Victor Hugo
1802 – 1885
französischer Schriftsteller
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