Today we have another guest post by Suzanne at Six Degrees of Pope John Paul II who makes a connection between Pope John Paul II and Susan B. Anthony is just 11 steps. More importantly, she reminds us that the early suffragettes were staunchly pro-life. An excerpt of her post is below.
Susan B. Anthony Men – Their rights and nothing moreWomen – Their rights and nothing less
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her
daughter- Susan B. AnthonyI grew up with this woman’s profile on my dollar coins. I knew that she was a feminist, but I am just now learning what Susan B. Anthony brought to my world. A Quaker, Mrs. Anthony was dedicated to all people living with dignity. While not quite as enlightened as her good friend, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony fought for the downtrodden, especially women. Both women were married. Both women became mothers. Both women were champions for women’s suffrage. And both women were staunchly pro-life.
As we teach our sons and daughters about the founding mothers of feminism, let us teach how they fought for the dignity of women’s bodies, and their natural ability to bear children.“When we consider that women are treated as property, it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit.” - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Letter to Julia Ward Howe, October 16, 1873, recorded in Howe’s diary at Harvard University Library
“Guilty? Yes. No matter what the motive (for abortion), love of ease, or a desire to save from suffering the unborn innocent, the woman is awfully guilty who commits the deed. It will burden her conscience in life, it will burden her soul in death; But oh, thrice guilty is he who drove her to the desperation which impelled her to the crime!”- Susan B. Anthony
Please go over to Six Degrees of John Paul II to read the entire post on Susan B. Anthony.
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