"The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading."

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American Activist

Woman, Women, Church, Teaching

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"The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading."

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