On the record
Thus at the very outset we find a professed equal government proscribing one-half the people over whom its authority is exercised; and, be it ever remembered, is fully maintained.
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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Editor's note · Context
Woodhull points out the hypocrisy of a government that claims to be equal while actively excluding half of its population.
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