Stories from Suffragette City Quotes

“Like all movements of its kind, the push toward gender equality has been, and remains, a multifront challenge, but there is little doubt that the right to vote--and to have a voice in the democratic process--is fundamental for success. There can be no equality in a democratic society in which the government only listens to only some of its citizens.”
― Kristin Hannah, Stories from Suffragette City

“Titanic as it sank into the icy sea? Would you prefer that the men leap ahead of you into the lifeboats, leave you and your children to die?” Alva answered without pause. “If a woman had designed the ship in the first place, there would have been enough lifeboats for everyone.”
― M.J. Rose, Stories from Suffragette City

“My friend Virginia, who helped cofound the Alpha Suffrage Club, came to my side and took my arm. “But it is entirely undemocratic,” she said. “We have come all the way here to march for equal rights. It would be autocratic to exclude her. I think that we should allow Mrs. Barnett to walk in our delegation. If the women of other states lack moral courage, we should show them that we are not afraid of public opinion. We should stand by our principles. If we do not, the parade will be a farce.”
― M.J. Rose, Stories from Suffragette City

“May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is best forgotten.”
― M.J. Rose, Stories from Suffragette City

“The best protection any woman can have... courage. --Elizabeth Cady Stanton”
― M.J. Rose, Stories from Suffragette City

“The best protection any woman can have … courage. —ELIZABETH CADY STANTON”
― M.J. Rose, Stories from Suffragette City

“No, if you wanted to change the world, you had to do it like a man. Pay off the politicians, get militant like the English, push and not be pushed.”
― M.J. Rose, Stories from Suffragette City

“Some have even gone so far as to say they will not march if Negro women are allowed to take part.”
― M.J. Rose, Stories from Suffragette City

“Many of the eastern and southern women here greatly resent the fact that there are to be colored women in the delegations.”
― M.J. Rose, Stories from Suffragette City

“Yet I still remember how our white suffragist sisters barred us from attending their conventions in 1901 and 1903.”
― M.J. Rose, Stories from Suffragette City

“In England, the movement had been much more violent. But Katrina, along with her fellow activists in America, had chosen to pursue a more peaceful path. So far it had mostly worked, but women were getting tired. Tired of the fact that since Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton had begun this movement in 1852, it was still ongoing. Here they were in 1915, and they still had to protest and fight and explain and cajole. They still had to put up with archaic notions that women were second-class citizens, incapable of figuring out for whom to cast their vote. Or as Charles had said at breakfast, they were fragile and needed protecting. Fragile, my foot, Katrina thought, and gave a deep sigh.”
― M.J. Rose, Stories from Suffragette City

“And what better than a butterfly—a symbol of metamorphosis and endurance. Butterflies prove that change is a beautiful thing.”
― M.J. Rose, Stories from Suffragette City

“gauging the truth of a person merely by looking is a fool’s habit.”
― M.J. Rose, Stories from Suffragette City

“We are often reminded that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it, and I believe deeply in the truth of that sentiment. Few things are as vital as remembering and passing on history to future generations.”
― M.J. Rose, Stories from Suffragette City

“The difficulties women faced in gaining the vote, like much of women’s history, are often overlooked or forgotten or marginalized. Many younger women do not even know the story of the movement. It behooves us all to make a concerted effort to commemorate the triumphs of women and to tell their stories to the next generation. Victories cannot be taken for granted. There”
― M.J. Rose, Stories from Suffragette City