Lucy Stone Quote

While the law dealt thus with her in regard to her property, it dealt still more hardly with her in regard to her children. No married mother could have any right to her child, and in most of the states of the Union that is the law today. But the law's in regard to the personal and property rights of women have been greatly changed and improved, and we are very grateful to the men who have done it.

The Progress of Fifty Years (1893)

While the law dealt thus with her in regard to her property, it dealt still more hardly with her in regard to her children. No married mother could...

While the law dealt thus with her in regard to her property, it dealt still more hardly with her in regard to her children. No married mother could...

While the law dealt thus with her in regard to her property, it dealt still more hardly with her in regard to her children. No married mother could...

While the law dealt thus with her in regard to her property, it dealt still more hardly with her in regard to her children. No married mother could...