On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
At any rate, seeing that the male governments of the world have failed, it can do no harm to try the experiment of a government by man and woman united.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass proposes that since male-only governments have proven insufficient, a joint government by men and women is a logical and harmless experiment to pursue.
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