I and others of my sex find ourselves controlled by a form of government in the inauguration of which we had no voice.

I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.

While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.

I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

The women of the country have the power in their own hands, in spite of the law and the government being altogether of the male order.

When I found I had given birth to a human wreckage, to a child that was an imbecile, my heart was broken.