On the record
All of these subjects are for the laboring classes to take up, examine, decide upon and rectify, and never will they obtain the possibility of an equality until this is done.
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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Woodhull emphasizes the importance of laboring classes taking charge of their own equality and rights.
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