The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation.

The greatest block today in the way of woman's emancipation is the church, the canon law, the Bible and the priesthood.

The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation

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

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal

Thus far, women have been the mere echoes of men. Our laws and constitutions, our creeds and codes, and the customs of social life are all of masculine origin. The true woman is as yet a dream of the future.