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Antoinette Brown Blackwell Quotes


The first woman to be ordained as a minister in the United States. 
Antoinette Louisa Brown, later Antoinette Brown Blackwell (May 20, 1825 – November 5, 1921), was the first woman to be ordained as a minister in the United States. She was a well-versed public speaker on the paramount issues of her time, and distinguished herself from her contemporaries with her use of religious faith in her efforts to expand women's rights.

Here are some famous quotes by Antoinette Brown Blackwell.

Work alternated with needful rest is the salvation of man or woman.

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The brain is not and cannot be the sole or complete organ of thought and feeling.

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Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.

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The sexes in each species of beings . . . are always true equivalents-equals but not identicals.

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There were angry men confronting me and I caught the flashing of defiant eyes but above me and within me there was a spirit stronger than them all.

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A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any successor she takes little pains to mark the route by which she is making her ascent.