Let woman then go on -- not asking as favour, but claiming as right, the removal of all the hindrances to her elevation in the scale of being . . .
Source: In Words of Wisdom, by Wm. Safire & Leonard Safire, 1989.
-- Lucretia Mott, (Jan 3 1793-1880), US social reformer; She was a leader in the anti-slavery movement and co-founded the U.S. women's rights movement.